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:

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Answer 1

I have been trying to fix this issue by

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

But it didn't help. The only one solution which worked for me is adding additional fields to host file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts)

151.101.36.162 registry.npmjs.com
151.101.36.162 registry.npmjs.org

This allowes npm to resolve address to server from which it will download needed files. You can get familiar with closed issue on npm repository where this solution is approved by npm contributors.