npm update check failed

Question

Last night I tried to update my node and npm, it seemed to have been successful, however ever since then I have been getting this same error any time I try and run any npm c

Answer 1

If the user does not have sudo rights in a unix environment, remember the user name you want to issue the command with (-> USER). Then use

su

Enter your root password. Then

chown -R USER:USER .config

Other .config folders that were created using root are also changed. In my case changing ~/.config/nvws owner did the job (chown -R THE USER YOU USE NPM WITH:THE USER YOU USE NPM WITH .config/nvm)