Error: Cannot find module 'npm-registry-client'

Question

Whenever I try to install npm-registry-client, I get the error "Error: Cannot find module 'npm-registry-client'".

I have tried to solve this with the following commands, but this did not work:

npm uninstall

npm install -g npm@latest

The full output is:

user@pc ~/devel> npm install npm-registry-client --save

module.js:340
    throw err;
          ^
Error: Cannot find module 'npm-registry-client'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
    at require (module.js:380:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache/caching-client.js:9:22)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)

Getting the above on every npm procedure I tried so far. It appeared after updating npm

Answer 1

It seems to be a bug in [email protected]. you should try upgrading from [email protected] directly to npm@next, which will bypass the buggy versions of npm. If you're currently stuck with a broken npm, and you can get back to a working npm by reinstalling Node.js.

The best way to jump over this problem is to reinstall Node using an official Node installer (not Homebrew) and use the packaged npm to upgrade straight to npm@next.

To reinstall Node.js:

rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules

Using Ubuntu

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_5.x | sudo -E bash -

sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Using Debian, as root

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_5.x | bash -
apt-get install -y nodejs