npm ERR! Error: connect ECONNREFUSED

Question

I\'m trying to update the npm (node package manager) using the command: npm install npm@latest -g but I\', getting the following error in the command prompt:

does

Answer 1

Try:

npm config set proxy null
npm config set https-proxy null
npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/

The first two lines will remove proxy's if there any.

Third line will make npm download from the official package registry.