NPM module installation error

Question

I am getting Error: tunneling socket could not be established, cause=getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND while trying to install a module in node.js. It seems some proxy error.I checked in browser setting ,proxy is disabled. But when i am checking in command prompt npm config get proxy, getting 192.168.98.5:8080. How to disable this?

Answer 1

First, try to execute npm config delete proxy. If you get something like Error: ENOENT, unlink '/Users/drlazor/.npmrc' is OK; that means you don't have a npm config file and, therefore, no proxy settings.

Second, verify you have no proxy settings with npm config get proxy. You should get a nullor the above error. If you keep on getting a result different from null, you should also ensure you haven't set the environment variable HTTP_PROXY.

Third and last, if none of those worked, try accessing the URL from your browser; it could be a network issue after all.

Answer 2

You should check the npm config page on how to set and modify config values. proxy key stores proxy server to use to connect to npm repositories. Try this :

npm config delete proxy

Answer 3

Note: This Works if you are not behind a Proxy i.e (From a Personal Computer)

First execute this command

npm config edit

npm the configuration file opens comment following two lines in the opened file by putting ";"(semi Colon) in start of the line.

npm config set proxy http://proxy.company.com:8080
npm config set https-proxy http://proxy.company.com:8080

You are done. Now install any package you want to.

npm install -g cordova
npm install -g npm

or anything else you need to install