npm gets stuck on fetchMetadata -> network

Question

My npm is getting stuck a lot, whether its npm install from package.json or individual packages.

Right now, I\'m not even able to sudo npm install

Answer 1

Did you configured a proxy? See if this returns something:

npm config get https-proxy
npm config get proxy

If you have values configured there, they might not match correct ones. If you shouldn't be using a proxy, you can delete them:

npm config delete https-proxy
npm config delete proxy

Docs: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/config