Can't install any packages in Node.js using “npm install”

Question

I\'m new to Node.js, and I\'m going through a few tutorials. For some reason, I can\'t install any new node modules.

I am using: Mac OSX 10.7.4,

Answer 1

The repository is not down, it looks like they've changed how they host files (I guess they have restored some old code):

Now you have to add the /package-name/ before the -

Eg:

http://registry.npmjs.org/-/npm-1.1.48.tgz
http://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.1.48.tgz

There are 3 ways to solve it:

• Use a complete mirror:

• Use a public proxy:

  --registry http://165.225.128.50:8000

• Host a local proxy:

  https://github.com/hughsk/npm-quickfix

git clone https://github.com/hughsk/npm-quickfix.git
cd npm-quickfix
npm set registry http://localhost:8080/
node index.js

I'd personally go with number 3 and revert to npm set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/ as soon as this get resolved.

Stay tuned here for more info: https://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues/2694