No compatible version found

Question

I have cloned an existing project. After performing npm install, I got this error:

npm WARN package.json [email protected] No repository field.
npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! argv "c:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "c:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install"
npm ERR! node v0.12.4
npm ERR! npm  v2.10.1
npm ERR! code ETARGET

npm ERR! notarget No compatible version found: chokidar-socket-emitter@'>=0.5.1 <0.6.0'
npm ERR! notarget Valid install targets:
npm ERR! notarget ["0.0.1","0.0.2","0.1.0","0.1.1","0.2.0","0.2.1","0.3.0","0.3.1"]
npm ERR! notarget
npm ERR! notarget This is most likely not a problem with npm itself.
npm ERR! notarget In most cases you or 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 'sdk'
npm ERR! notarget

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     c:\GIT\mas\Rapid\hide\npm-debug.log

Here's the package.json:

{
  "name": "sdk",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "postinstall": "typings install && bower install --production && jspm install && node src/tools/updateDependencies.js && npm run bundle-dep",
    "_jspm": "jspm install",
    "_postjspm": "node src/tools/updateDependencies.js && npm run bundle-dep",
    "bundle-dep": "jspm bundle \"src - [src/**/*] - [components/**/*]\" www/bundle.js",
    "start": "node dev-server.js"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "jspm": "^0.17.0-beta.12",
    "typings": "^0.7.12"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "angular2": "2.0.0-beta.15",
    "chokidar-socket-emitter": "^0.5.1",
    "express": "^4.13.4",
    "open": "0.0.5",
    "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.2",
    "spdy": "^3.2.3"
  },
  "jspm": {
    "name": "sdk",
    "directories": {
      "lib": "src"
    },
    "dependencies": {
      "angular2": "npm:[email protected]",
      "es6-shim": "github:es-shims/es6-shim@^0.35.0",
      "json": "github:systemjs/plugin-json@^0.1.0",
      "systemjs-hot-reloader": "github:capaj/systemjs-hot-reloader@^0.5.6"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
      "os": "github:jspm/nodelibs-os@^0.2.0-alpha",
      "plugin-typescript": "github:frankwallis/plugin-typescript@^4.0.5"
    },
    "peerDependencies": {
      "fs": "github:jspm/nodelibs-fs@^0.2.0-alpha",
      "net": "github:jspm/nodelibs-net@^0.2.0-alpha",
      "process": "github:jspm/nodelibs-process@^0.2.0-alpha",
      "reflect-metadata": "npm:[email protected]",
      "rxjs": "npm:rxjs@^5.0.0-beta.2",
      "tty": "github:jspm/nodelibs-tty@^0.2.0-alpha",
      "util": "github:jspm/nodelibs-util@^0.2.0-alpha",
      "zone.js": "npm:zone.js@^0.6.6"
    },
    "overrides": {
      "npm:[email protected]": {
        "main": false,
        "dependencies": {
          "reflect-metadata": "npm:[email protected]",
          "rxjs": "npm:rxjs@^5.0.0-beta.2",
          "zone.js": "npm:zone.js@^0.6.6"
        },
        "peerDependencies": {
          "reflect-metadata": "npm:[email protected]",
          "rxjs": "npm:rxjs@^5.0.0-beta.2",
          "zone.js": "npm:zone.js@^0.6.6"
        },
        "jspmNodeConversion": false,
        "map": {
          "crypto": "@empty"
        },
        "meta": {
          "src/*.js": {
            "deps": [
              "reflect-metadata",
              "zone.js"
            ]
          }
        },
        "format": "detect"
      },
      "npm:[email protected]": {
        "map": {
          "crypto": "@empty"
        }
      },
      "npm:[email protected]": {
        "browser": {},
        "map": {
          "buffer": "@empty",
          "child_process": "@empty",
          "fs": "@empty",
          "path": "@empty",
          "process": "@empty",
          "readline": "@empty"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

I already updated my npm as said here, but still no effect. What should I do?

Answer 1

The version you are trying to install is not provided by NPM. If you read the error message you see that 3.1 is the latest release they currently serve, you are installing 5.1.

You can fix this by removing the chokidar-socket-emitter in devdependency in your package.json, and run this command:

npm install chokidar-socket-emitter --save-dev

That will install version 3.1.