message failed to fetch from registry while trying to install any module

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I can t install any node module from the npm   npm install socket io   The above command resulted to below output  it is not able to install socket io  npm http GET https   registry npmjs org socket io  npm ERR  Error  failed to fetch from registry  socket io npm ERR      at  opt node0610 lib node modules npm lib utils npm-registry-client get js 139 12 npm ERR      at cb   opt node0610 lib node modules npm lib utils npm-registry-client request js 32 9  npm ERR      at Request  callback   opt node0610 lib node modules npm lib utils npm-registry-client request js 137 18  npm ERR      at Request callback   opt node0610 lib node modules npm node modules request main js 109 22  npm ERR      at Request  lt anonymous gt    opt node0610 lib node modules npm node modules request main js 198 58  npm ERR      at Request emit  events js 88 20  npm ERR      at ClientRequest  lt anonymous gt    opt node0610 lib node modules npm node modules request main js 195 10  npm ERR      at ClientRequest emit  events js 67 17  npm ERR      at CleartextStream  lt anonymous gt   http js 1134 11  npm ERR      at CleartextStream emit  events js 67 17  npm ERR  You may report this log at  npm ERR       lt http   github com isaacs npm issues gt  npm ERR  or email it to  npm ERR       lt npm- googlegroups com gt  npm ERR   npm ERR  System Linux 2 6 18-194 el5 npm ERR  command  node    opt node0610 bin npm   install   socket io  npm ERR  cwd  opt node0610 lib node modules npm ERR  node -v v0 6 10 npm ERR  npm -v 1 1 0-3 npm ERR  message failed to fetch from registry  socket io npm ERR   npm ERR  Additional logging details can be found in  npm ERR       opt node0610 lib node modules npm-debug log npm not ok   My NPM Version is     applmgr dev node modules   npm --version 1 1 0-3   My NodeJS Version is     applmgr dev node modules   node --version v0 6 10

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The only thing that worked for me on Elementary OS Luna, a Ubuntu Fork. I am on x86 architecture. I tried all the answers here but finally decided to install it from source.

First, make sure its not installed using the package manager:

sudo apt-get purge nodejs npm -y

I went to the download page to lookup the latest source & download it, http://nodejs.org/download/. You can use curl, wget or your browser to get it:

wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.34/node-v0.10.34.tar.gz
tar -xvf node-v0.10.34.tar.gz 
cd node-v0.10.34
./configure
make
sudo make install

The make might take a while. When done, you should have node and npm installed and working in your /usr/local/bin directory which should be already on your path. You should verify where it lives:

which npm node

I also had to change the permissions to get it to work:

sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local

If it didn't work check your path:

echo $PATH

Note that installing it this way, it will not be managed by apt-get package manager. Cheers!

User · Answer

One thing that has worked for me with random npm install errors  where the package that errors out is different under different times  but same environment  is to use this   npm cache clean  And then repeat the process  Then the process seems to go smoother and the real problem and error message will emerge  where you can fix it and then proceed   This is based on experience of running npm install of a whole bunch of packages under a pretty bare Ubuntu installation inside a Docker instance  Sometimes there are build make tools missing from the Ubuntu and the npm errors will not show the real problem until you clean the cache for some reason

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This problem is due to the https protocol  which is why the other solution works  by switching to the non-secure protocol    For me  the best solution was to compile the latest version of node  which includes npm  apt-get purge nodejs npm git clone https   github com nodejs node   local node cd   local node   configure make make install

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I had this issue with npm v1 1 4  and node v0 6 12   which are the Ubuntu 12 04 repository versions   It looks like that version of npm isn t supported any more  updating node  and npm with it  resolved the issue   First  uninstall the outdated version  optional  but I think this fixed an issue I was having with global modules not being pathed in    sudo apt-get purge nodejs npm   Then enable nodesource s repo and install   curl -sL https   deb nodesource com setup   sudo bash - sudo apt-get install -y nodejs   Note - the previous advice was to use Chris Lea s repo  he s now migrated that to nodesource  see    https   chrislea com 2014 07 09 joining-forces-nodesource  https   nodesource com blog chris-lea-joins-forces-with-nodesource   From  here

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therefromhere s answer is the best one  However Node versions have moved ever onwards and upwards  and the versioning was complicated by the remerge of io js  Following the steps in his answer  you will end up with Node version 0 10 25 - not the most recent version   You should still purge any existing node npm packages with  sudo apt-get purge nodejs npm   and then go and look at the nodesource deb install page at https   github com nodesource distributions debinstall   All Node js versions are listed on the above page with the Linux commands to install them  And these packages will work on both Debian and Ubuntu   P S  If you want to run Node v4 4 or higher on Ubuntu Precise or Debian Wheezy  you should review the information about running on older distros   P P S  If your apt-get is failing  the script will not complete  Google references were failing my apt-get update   You should see messages about the NodeSource signing key being added to your keyring and a final message instructing you to Run  apt-get install nodejs  to install Node js   P P P S  npm is installed with node  Once installed  you can update to the latest npm with sudo npm install npm -g

User · Answer

I m on Ubuntu  I used apt-get to install node  Npm was not included in that package  so it had to be installed separately  I assumed that would work  but apparently the npm version in the Ubuntu distribution was outdated   The node wiki has this instruction      Obtaining a recent version of Node or installing on older Ubuntu and other apt-based distributions may require a few extra steps  Example install    sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y python-software-properties python g   make sudo add-apt-repository ppa chris-lea node js sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nodejs   After that  npm was already included and worked perfectly

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The below method worked for me  Kudos to github user   midnightcodr  Make sure You remove any nodejs npm packages already installed   sudo apt-get purge nodejs  sudo apt-get purge npm   Now Install Node js using the command below  Thanks to midnightcodr on github   curl -L https   raw github com midnightcodr rpi node install master setup sh   bash -s 0 10 24   Note that you can invoke node with command node and not nodejs   Once node is installed   Install npm  sudo apt-get install npm

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for raspberry pi I found and modified a solution I found here is what I ran  sudo su - cd  opt wget http   nodejs org dist v0 10 28 node-v0 10 28-linux-arm-pi tar gz tar xvzf node-v0 10 28-linux-arm-pi tar gz ln -s node-v0 10 28-linux-arm-pi node chmod a rw  opt node lib node modules chmod a rw  opt node bin echo  PATH  PATH  opt node bin   gt   etc profile d node sh   the only mod I did was change all 10 25 to 10 28 which was the latest linux-arm-pi at the time

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https   github com isaacs npm issues 2119  I had to execute the command below   npm config set registry http   registry npmjs org    However  that will make npm install packages over an insecure HTTP connection  If you can  you should stick with  npm config set registry https   registry npmjs org    instead to install over HTTPS

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You also need to install software-properties-common for add-apt-repository to work  so it will be  sudo apt-get purge nodejs npm sudo apt-get install -y python-software-properties python g   make software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa chris-lea node js sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nodejs

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It could be that the npm registry was down at the time or your connection dropped   Either way you should upgrade node and npm    I would recommend using nave to manage your node environments   https   npmjs org package nave  It allows you to easily install versions and quickly jump between them

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There are now official instructions from joyent  primary nodejs backer   For Ubuntu   sudo apt-get purge nodejs npm curl -sL https   deb nodesource com setup   sudo bash - sudo apt-get install -y nodejs   For other unix distributions  osx and windows see the link  Note this will install both node and npm

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Recently I had this problem after upgrading node js  and inevitably npm  to the newest version    gt  npm --version  lt  2 0 0-alpha-5  Note  I didn t ask for an unstable version  I just got it after brew install npm on OSX   Downgrading npm fixed the problem for me   The easiest way to install the stable npm is npm install -g npm but it might not work under some circumstances and downgrade of node js might be needed then

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For me  it s usually a proxy issue  and I try everything   npm config set registry http   registry npmjs org  npm config set strict-ssl false  npm config set proxy http   myusername mypassword proxy us somecompany 8080 npm config set https-proxy http   myusername mypassword proxy us somecompany 8080 set HTTPS PROXY http   myusername mypassword proxy us somecompany 8080 set HTTP PROXY http   myusername mypassword proxy us somecompany 8080 export HTTPS PROXY http   myusername mypassword proxy us somecompany 8080 export HTTP PROXY http   myusername mypassword proxy us somecompany 8080 export http proxy http   myusername mypassword proxy us somecompany 8080  npm --proxy http   myusername mypassword proxy us somecompany 8080   --without-ssl --insecure -g install

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