Error when installing http-server: No matching version found for ecstatic@^3.0.0

Question

I'm new to front end development and now I have to maintain an AngularJS application. I'm trying to install http-server in order to test my app, but when I run the npm install http-server -g command, I get the following error:

npm ERR! code ETARGET
npm ERR! notarget No matching version found for ecstatic@^3.0.0
npm ERR! notarget In most cases you ir one of your dependencies are requesting
npm ERR! notarget a package version that doesn't exist
npm ERR! notarget
npm ERR! notarget It was specified as a dependency of 'http-server'
npm ERR! notarget

I haven't found any solution. Have you guys seen this error before?

Answer 1

They've had a security issue with versions prior to 4 and have removed download links for them. You can find more details here: https://github.com/jfhbrook/node-ecstatic/issues/255 .

You'll either need a cached version from before or move to a newer version.