Npm Please try using this command again as root/administrator

Question

I\'ve been desperately trying to install modules using node.js but it always fails getting packages with npm.

I logged in as Administrator and used powershell/cmd wi

Answer 1

As my last resort with this error I created a fresh windows 10 virtual machine and installed the latest nodejs (v6). But there was a host of other "ERRs!" to work through.

I had to run npm cache clean --force which ironically will give you a message that reads "I sure hope you know what you are doing". That seems to have worked.

It doesn't solve the issue on my main Dev machine. I'm canning nodejs as I found over the last few years that you spend more time on fixing it rather than on actual development. I had fewer issues with node on linux ubuntu 14.04 if that's any help.