Can't install any packages in Node.js using “npm install”

Question

I\'m new to Node.js, and I\'m going through a few tutorials. For some reason, I can\'t install any new node modules.

I am using: Mac OSX 10.7.4,

Answer 1

The repository is not down, it looks like they've changed how they host files (I guess they have restored some old code):

Now you have to add the /package-name/ before the -

Eg:

http://registry.npmjs.org/-/npm-1.1.48.tgz
http://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.1.48.tgz

There are 3 ways to solve it:

• Use a complete mirror:

• Use a public proxy:

  --registry http://165.225.128.50:8000

• Host a local proxy:

  https://github.com/hughsk/npm-quickfix

git clone https://github.com/hughsk/npm-quickfix.git
cd npm-quickfix
npm set registry http://localhost:8080/
node index.js

I'd personally go with number 3 and revert to npm set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/ as soon as this get resolved.

Stay tuned here for more info: https://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues/2694

Answer 2

This error might also occur due to proxy settings, once check that your proxy allow the access to npm commands.

It worked for me quite well.

Answer 3

If you happened to run npm install command on Windows, first make sure you open your command prompt with Administration Privileges. That's what solved the issue for me.

Answer 4

npm set registry http://85.10.209.91/

(this proxy fetches the original data from registry.npmjs.org and manipulates the tarball urls to fix the tarball file structure issue).

The other solutions seem to have outdated versions.

Answer 5

Npm repository is currently down. See issue #2694 on npm github

EDIT:
To use a mirror in the meanwhile:

 npm set registry http://ec2-46-137-149-160.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com

you can reset this later with:

 npm set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/

source

Answer 6

I found the there is a certificate expired issue with:

npm set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/

So I made it http, not https :-

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

And have no problems so far.