npm ERR! Error: connect ECONNREFUSED

Question

I'm trying to update the npm (node package manager) using the command:

npm install npm@latest -g

but I'm getting the following error in the command prompt:

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@latest" "-g"  npm ERR! node v6.9.5 npm ERR! npm  v3.10.10 npm ERR! code ECONNREFUSED npm ERR! errno ECONNREFUSED npm ERR! syscall connect  npm ERR! Error: connect ECONNREFUSED xxx.xxx.xx.xxx:xxx npm ERR!     at Object.exports._errnoException (util.js:1022:11) npm ERR! If you are behind a proxy, please make sure that the npm ERR! 'proxy' config is set properly.  See: 'npm help config' 

does someone know what this really means?
any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Try:

npm config set proxy null npm config set https-proxy null npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/ 

The first two lines will remove proxy's if there any.

Third line will make npm download from the official package registry.