NPM doesn't install any modules: network socket hangs up

Question

Salam (means Hello) :)

I have the latest version of node.js installed on ubuntu 12.04, I\'m not behind any proxies, and my network settings are correctly configured,

Answer 1

i had same problem. it seems that there is some problem with ISP's https handling. doing:

npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/

worked for me

Answer 2

If you are behind a proxy that has username and password authentication, try setting the proxy as

npm config set proxy http://username:encodedpassword@proxyaddress:port

npm config set https-proxy http://username:encodedpassword@proxyaddress:port

Answer 3

Add the proxy and http_proxy field with your credentials (encoded if it contains any special characters) to your .npmrc file and run npm install again. It should work.

for example:

proxy=http://username:passcode@proxyURL:80/ https_proxy=http://username:passcode@proxyURL:80

Answer 4

I was having the same problem. Found a solution in this thread. You can see the effective proxy that npm is using by doing:

npm config get proxy
npm config get https-proxy

If you're behinid a proxy, try this:

mv ~/.npmrc ~/.npmrc.bak

Answer 5

Just follow these steps before you run: npm install -g @angular/cli

1. npm cache clean (You can even ignore if it throws an error)
2. npm config set strict-ssl false
3. npm config set proxy http://myusername:mypassword@proxyaddress:port
4. npm config set https-proxy http://myusername:mypassword@proxyaddress:port

Answer 6

I was having a similar issue with my windows machine and i fixed it by first checking whether my proxy got some value by executing the below command.

npm config get proxy

in return i got the below:

http://usr:pwd@host/:port

So if anyone who is not under a proxy layer first set the proxy as null by executing the below command.

npm config set proxy null

now if you excecute your npm i it should not throw any network error.