Npm Install is not working

Question

I have installed nodejs on ubuntu

node -v v0.10.25

npm -v  gives 1.3.10

when i run

 sudo npm install -g 
or sudo npm install 

it gives me following error

1523 error TypeError: Cannot read property 'latest' of undefined 1523 error at next (/usr/share/npm/lib/cache.js:687:35) 1523 error
at /usr/share/npm/lib/cache.js:675:5 1523 error at saved (/usr/share/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-client/lib/get.js:142:7) 1523 error at /usr/lib/nodejs/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:133:7 1523 error at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15) 1524 error If you need help, you may report this log at:

Any idea ?

why it is giving me this error

Thanks

Answer 1

Check all the packages you are trying to install. Some of them might be unpublished from npm. See this issue: https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/4982

Answer 2

There can be two problems:

1. You might be using old versions of npm. You can update your client with

   npm install npm -g

2. There is a chance that the package you are trying to install had been unpublished from npm :)