Can't install any packages in Node.js using "npm install"
node.js, npm
Solution
I found the there is a certificate expired issue with:
npm set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
So I made it http, not https :-
npm set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/
And have no problems so far.
Problem
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, Node v. 0.8.6, NPM v. 1.1.48. I run npm install X and I always get a ``` npm ERR! fetch failed https://registry.npmjs.org/-/X npm ERR! Error: 404 Not Found ``` When I actually go to the npmjs registry, I can see the project page, but no matter which tarball link I hit, it's always the same: ``` { "error": "not_found", "reason": "document not found" } ``` For example, I tried installing fs by running npm install fs and I get: ``` npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/fs npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/fs npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/-/fs-0.0.0.tgz npm http 404 https://registry.npmjs.org/-/fs-0.0.0.tgz npm ERR! fetch failed https://registry.npmjs.org/-/fs-0.0.0.tgz npm ERR! Error: 404 Not Found npm ERR! at null.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/fetch.js:47:16) npm ERR! at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:115:20) npm ERR! at WriteStream.flush (fs.js:1514:12) npm ERR! at fs.close (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:92:5) npm ERR! at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:297:15) npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at: npm ERR! <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues> npm ERR! or email it to: npm ERR! <npm-@googlegroups.com> npm ERR! System Darwin 11.4.0 npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "fs" npm ERR! cwd /Users/comocomo/Documents/workspace/nodeTest npm ERR! node -v v0.8.6 npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.48 npm ERR! npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in: npm ERR! /Users/comocomo/Documents/workspace/nodeTest/npm-debug.log npm ERR! not ok code 0 ``` I tried fs, fs-extra, express, and formidable, all giving me the same 404 response. There must be something wrong on my part, I'm pretty sure the whole registry is not broken. Am I using an old registry? Should I change it in my config file? I honestly would rather not start installing things manually, and I'm sure it's just a small configuration issue. Thanks!