npm install Error: rollbackFailedOptional

Question

When I try npm install new packages it shows me this error:

rollbackFailedOptional: verb npm-session 585aaecfe5f9a82

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Answer 1

The cause for this might be your current NPM registry. Try to check for a .npmrc file. These can be at various locations:

• per-project config file (/path/to/my/project/.npmrc)
• per-user config file (~/.npmrc)
• global config file ($PREFIX/etc/npmrc)
• npm builtin config file (/path/to/npm/npmrc)

Within these there can be something like

registry=https://mycustomregistry.example.org

which will take priority over the default one (http://registry.npmjs.org/). You can delete this line in the file or use the default registry like that:

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