NPM no longer working

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NPM no longer working

so I wasn't paying attention and ran this command-

npm install npm install jasmine-node -g

which caused this -

    npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/install
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/jasmine-node
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/npm
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/install
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/install/-/install-0.1.7.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/install/-/install-0.1.7.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/jasmine-node
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/jasmine-node/-/jasmine-node-1.4.0.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/jasmine-node/-/jasmine-node-1.4.0.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/npm
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.2.15.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.2.15.tgz
npm ERR! Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/install'
npm ERR!  { [Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/install']
npm ERR!   errno: 3,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/install',
npm ERR!   fstream_type: 'Directory',
npm ERR!   fstream_path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/install',
npm ERR!   fstream_class: 'DirWriter',
npm ERR!   fstream_stack: 
npm ERR!    [ 'DirWriter._create (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/dir-writer.js:36:23)',
npm ERR!      '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:37:53',
npm ERR!      'Object.oncomplete (fs.js:297:15)' ] }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! System Darwin 12.0.0
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "npm" "install" "jasmine-node" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/psanker/Google Drive/Coding/Javascript/WhatsGoingOn
npm ERR! node -v v0.8.17
npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.0
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/install
npm ERR! fstream_path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/install
npm ERR! fstream_type Directory
npm ERR! fstream_class DirWriter
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno 3
npm ERR! stack Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/install'
npm ERR! fstream_stack DirWriter._create (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/dir-writer.js:36:23)
npm ERR! fstream_stack /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:37:53
npm ERR! fstream_stack Object.oncomplete (fs.js:297:15)
npm ERR! Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/jasmine-node'
npm ERR!  { [Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/jasmine-node']
npm ERR!   errno: 3,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/jasmine-node',
npm ERR!   fstream_type: 'Directory',
npm ERR!   fstream_path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/jasmine-node',
npm ERR!   fstream_class: 'DirWriter',
npm ERR!   fstream_stack: 
npm ERR!    [ 'DirWriter._create (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/dir-writer.js:36:23)',
npm ERR!      '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:37:53',
npm ERR!      'Object.oncomplete (fs.js:297:15)' ] }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! System Darwin 12.0.0
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "npm" "install" "jasmine-node" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/psanker/Google Drive/Coding/Javascript/WhatsGoingOn
npm ERR! node -v v0.8.17
npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.0
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/jasmine-node
npm ERR! fstream_path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/jasmine-node
npm ERR! fstream_type Directory
npm ERR! fstream_class DirWriter
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno 3
npm ERR! stack Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/jasmine-node'
npm ERR! fstream_stack DirWriter._create (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/dir-writer.js:36:23)
npm ERR! fstream_stack /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:37:53
npm ERR! fstream_stack Object.oncomplete (fs.js:297:15)
npm ERR! error rolling back Error: EACCES, unlink '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm'
npm ERR! error rolling back  npm@1.2.15 { [Error: EACCES, unlink '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm']
npm ERR! error rolling back   errno: 3,
npm ERR! error rolling back   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR! error rolling back   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm' }
npm ERR! Error: EACCES, unlink '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm'
npm ERR!  { [Error: EACCES, unlink '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm']
npm ERR!   errno: 3,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm' }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! System Darwin 12.0.0
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "npm" "install" "jasmine-node" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/psanker/Google Drive/Coding/Javascript/WhatsGoingOn
npm ERR! node -v v0.8.17
npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.0
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno 3
npm ERR! stack Error: EACCES, unlink '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm'
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/psanker/Google Drive/Coding/Javascript/WhatsGoingOn/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

Now when I try and run

npm install jasmine-node -g

I get

-bash: /usr/local/bin/npm: No such file or directory

What's going on?

javascript
node.js
command-line
npm
jasmine

Answer 1

When you run npm install -g somepackage, you may get an EACCES error asking you to run the command again as root/Administrator. It's a permissions issue.

It's easy to fix, open your terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal)

sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local

** I strongly recommend you to not use the package management with sudo (sudo npm -g install something), because you can get some issues later **

Reference: http://foohack.com/2010/08/intro-to-npm/

** Update **

The reason is because this can cause permissions problems with lots of other apps, so I'd suggest not doing this.

A better solution when you are installing globally:

sudo chown -R `whoami` ~/.npm

Answer 2

Tried it myself.

You will need to install npm again. If you use git, this is the easiest way:

git clone http://github.com/isaacs/npm.git
cd npm
sudo make install

Otherwise, there is an install script too:

curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

(possibly you will need to use sudo sh instead of sh).

Then install your module again:

sudo npm install jasmine-node -g

EDIT 23/01/2014:

Now npm comes with NodeJs itself, so just reinstall NodeJs.

Answer 3

Look at the error

Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

You need to run this with sudo

$ sudo npm install jasmine-node -g

Answer 4

This worked for me (OSX). I had to run it in my user directory.

cd ~

curl -L http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh

Answer 5

try this for fix error:

npm install bower --registry http://registry.npmjs.org/