Stuck at npm install at fechMetadata checking installable status

Question

Suddently I can't install angular I get stuck at the npm install command "npm install -g @angular/cli" It stays forever on this "checking installable status".

my node version is 8.11.3 (yes I already tried to uninstall node and double checked to see it was really uninstalled) this was the version I had before and was working fine my npm -v gives 5.6.0

then I run the angular command to install angular and it seems to freezing or very very very slow....

Answer 1

npm install -g @angular/cli --verbose

After running this command I realized npm was having problems with the connection with registry.npmjs.org

To solve this:

1. npm config set registry "http://registry.npmjs.org"
2. npm set maxsockets 3

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Answer 2

In my case I had to wait for a few minutes and npm finally installed by package. Also I suggest to use --verbose flag to see what's actually is going.

Answer 3

Try this: npm install -g --no-optional pm2 This will ignore all the dependencies specified in the package.json file (if present). Hope this helps.