Can t install any packages in Node js using npm install

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I m new to Node js  and I m going through a few tutorials  For some reason  I can t install any new node modules   I am using  Mac OSX 10 7 4  Node v  0 8 6  NPM v  1 1 48   I run npm install X and I always get a  npm ERR  fetch failed https   registry npmjs org - X npm ERR  Error  404 Not Found   When I actually go to the npmjs registry  I can see the project page  but no matter which tarball link I hit  it s always the same          error    not found        reason    document not found      For example  I tried installing fs by running npm install fs and I get   npm http GET https   registry npmjs org fs npm http 200 https   registry npmjs org fs npm http GET https   registry npmjs org - fs-0 0 0 tgz npm http 404 https   registry npmjs org - fs-0 0 0 tgz npm ERR  fetch failed https   registry npmjs org - fs-0 0 0 tgz npm ERR  Error  404 Not Found npm ERR      at null  lt anonymous gt    usr local lib node modules npm lib utils fetch js 47 16  npm ERR      at EventEmitter emit  events js 115 20  npm ERR      at WriteStream flush  fs js 1514 12  npm ERR      at fs close   usr local lib node modules npm node modules graceful-fs graceful-fs js 92 5  npm ERR      at Object oncomplete  fs js 297 15  npm ERR  If you need help  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  System Darwin 11 4 0 npm ERR  command  node    usr local bin npm   install   fs  npm ERR  cwd  Users comocomo Documents workspace nodeTest npm ERR  node -v v0 8 6 npm ERR  npm -v 1 1 48 npm ERR   npm ERR  Additional logging details can be found in  npm ERR       Users comocomo Documents workspace nodeTest npm-debug log npm ERR  not ok code 0   I tried fs  fs-extra  express  and formidable  all giving me the same 404 response  There must be something wrong on my part  I m pretty sure the whole registry is not broken    Am I using an old registry  Should I change it in my config file  I honestly would rather not start installing things manually  and I m sure it s just a small configuration issue   Thanks

User · Answer

If you happened to run npm install command on Windows  first make sure you open your command prompt with Administration Privileges  That s what solved the issue for me

User · Answer

The repository is not down  it looks like they ve changed how they host files  I guess they have restored some old code    Now you have to add the  package-name  before the -  Eg   http   registry npmjs org - npm-1 1 48 tgz http   registry npmjs org npm - npm-1 1 48 tgz   There are 3 ways to solve it    Use a complete mirror   Use a public proxy    --registry http   165 225 128 50 8000 Host a local proxy   https   github com hughsk npm-quickfix    git clone https   github com hughsk npm-quickfix git cd npm-quickfix npm set registry http   localhost 8080  node index js    I d personally go with number 3 and revert to npm set registry http   registry npmjs org  as soon as this get resolved   Stay tuned here for more info  https   github com isaacs npm issues 2694

User · Answer

I found the there is a certificate expired issue with   npm set registry https   registry npmjs org    So I made it http  not https  -  npm set registry http   registry npmjs org    And have no problems so far

User · Answer

Npm repository is currently down  See issue  2694 on npm github  EDIT  To use a mirror in the meanwhile    npm set registry http   ec2-46-137-149-160 eu-west-1 compute amazonaws com   you can reset this later with    npm set registry https   registry npmjs org    source

User · Answer

npm set registry http   85 10 209 91     this proxy fetches the original data from registry npmjs org and manipulates the tarball urls to fix the tarball file structure issue    The other solutions seem to have outdated versions

User · Answer

This error might also occur due to proxy settings  once check that your proxy allow the access to npm commands   It worked for me quite well

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