问题
Trying to do npm install steroids -g and running into lots of errors of two types:
First: 500
npm ERR! registry error parsing json
npm http 500 https://registry.npmjs.org/cardinal
npm ERR! registry error parsing json
npm http 500 https://registry.npmjs.org/glob
npm ERR! registry error parsing json
npm http 500 https://registry.npmjs.org/chmodr
npm ERR! registry error parsing json
npm http 500 https://registry.npmjs.org/fstream
npm ERR! registry error parsing json
when I visit those urls in the browser I get the following message:
Internal routing error
Sorry, we cannot connect to the intended server.
We have just been notified of this problem. We will correct it as soon as possible.
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions: support@iriscouch.com
Second: 503
npm http 503 https://registry.npmjs.org/forever-agent
npm ERR! registry error parsing json
npm http 503 https://registry.npmjs.org/cheerio
npm ERR! registry error parsing json
npm http 503 https://registry.npmjs.org/request
npm ERR! registry error parsing json
npm http 503 https://registry.npmjs.org/diff
npm ERR! registry error parsing json
npm http 503 https://registry.npmjs.org/tar
When I visit those urls in the browser I get this message:
Error 503 backend read error
backend read error
Guru Meditation:
XID: 1448084160
Varnish cache server
Does this mean the npm registry is down? or do I have strange behavior on my machine?
Running node v.0.10.24 & npm v.1.3.21
回答1:
Try using a mirror for example the european mirror:
npm --registry http://registry.npmjs.eu/ install karma
回答2:
From @npmjs around 15mins after your question was made:
"aware of the outage. please be patient. working to resolve this now."
On side note, read Node Roundup: Surviving npm Downtime, Waf Wall of Shame, stream-chat, Vein, interest info about NPM mirrors. Kinda outdated (2012) but now you know it has mirrors ;-)
Also, a good advice by 'mark' at the comments of this blogpost I linked:
If you're relying on NPM for production deployments, STOP! Make sure you set specific versions and clone them in your private repo. Deploy from your private repo not the NPM registry. You have been warned. Relying on NPM for production deployment scripts has bitten us twice! The first was because a library author deleted an old version of his library we depended on. This time it was the NPM registry itself.
回答3:
npm has a status page where any server incidence will (should) be reflected:
https://status.npmjs.org
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21122814/why-is-npm-giving-500-and-503-errors-registry-error-parsing-json