angular2 quickstart npm install fails

Question

I get the following error when I try to run- npm install. error as below:

npm ERR! node v0.12.12
npm ERR! npm  v3.3.6
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! angular2-quickstart@1.0.0 postinstall: `typings install`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the angular2-quickstart@1.0.0 postinstall script 'typings ins
tall'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the angular2-quickstart package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     typings install
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls angular2-quickstart
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

How do I resolve this?

did you create the `typings` file? Was only "recently" added to quick start. — OschtärEi, Mar 29 '16 at 08:40
I'm getting the same error with the quickstart (manually typed and also from the git repo). I have node 4.4.2 and typings 0.7.12 installed. — Chris Miller, Apr 06 '16 at 15:47

score 13 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 29 '16 at 06:06

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Make sure you have typings package installed.

npm install -g typings

Also make sure you have typings.json file available.

You can follow this tutorial, from the Angular2 team.

answered Mar 29 '16 at 06:06

Shaunak

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I tried the same and still the same error. I am following the same tutorial – Smitha Mar 29 '16 at 06:26
You are running a very old version of node. The current is v4.4.1. Try updating your nodejs. – Shaunak Mar 29 '16 at 06:45
Try adding empty json to typings.json like so : `{ }` – Shaunak Mar 30 '16 at 16:25

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

Not the same error, but I had a proxy issue that was causing typings install to fail: if you had a proxy issue for npm then you will have a proxy issue for typings too.

The error I was getting is:

typings ERR! message Unable to connect to "https://api.typings.org/entries/dt/selenium-webdriver/tags/2.44.0%2B20160317120654"
typings ERR! caused by connect ECONNREFUSED 104.24.112.177:443

I fixed this by creating a settings file for typings in my %HOMEPATH% folder:

%HOMEPATH%\.typingsrc

proxy=http://DOMAIN%5Cusername:password@proxy:port/
https-proxy=http://DOMAIN%5Cusername:password@proxy:port/
rejectUnauthorized=false

See these links for more details: the first one suggests putting the .typingsrc file in your project folder, but you can use the home folder like npm.

Upvoted. Not sure about the HOMEPATH but the root of the folder also does it. — Mukus, Sep 27 '16 at 03:54

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 13 '16 at 22:29

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I am behind corporate proxy, I just tried with creating a file .typingsrc with the below content and placed in the root folder of my application

{
"proxy":"http://proxy-server:8080",
"rejectUnauthorized": false
}

It worked finally..

answered Oct 13 '16 at 22:29

kkam

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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Make sure you have not-too-old npm version. You can see how to upgrade here.

After you have a new npm version, install the typings package:

npm install -g typings

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Mar 22 '17 at 14:03

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angular2 quickstart npm install fails

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