npm update check failed

Question

Last night I tried to update my node and npm, it seemed to have been successful, however ever since then I have been getting this same error any time I try and run any npm c

Answer 1

If the user does not have sudo rights in a unix environment, remember the user name you want to issue the command with (-> USER). Then use

su

Enter your root password. Then

chown -R USER:USER .config

Other .config folders that were created using root are also changed. In my case changing ~/.config/nvws owner did the job (chown -R THE USER YOU USE NPM WITH:THE USER YOU USE NPM WITH .config/nvm)

Answer 2

I have similar error after node updating so i just delete directory .config and this help.

Answer 3

run script to check for update

sudo npm install -g npm-check-updates

and later update using sudo npm

Answer 4

If your are on macOS, you must update the config file. You just have to enter this command in your terminal:

sudo npm i -g npm

Answer 5

I got a Windows 10 environment:

For me, first I did make sure all node.exe instances killed:

taskkill /t /f /im node.exe

Then I've updated npm to the latest version using npm-check-updates

Finally, I deleted .config folder from user home C:\Users\<USERNAME>

That's solved my problem.

Answer 6

worked for me after running below command

nvm use --delete-prefix version