Installing npm package fails with 404

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Using the command prompt, I am trying to install angular CLI and it fails. I have npm version 5.5.1 and node version v8.9.1. I am trying to install angular cli using the command

npm install -g @angular/cli@latest

and it fails with the error:

npm ERR! code E404 npm ERR! 404 Not Found: @angular/cli@latest npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

I look at the log file and I see its trying to fetch the package from a location that doesn't exist. Not sure from where it gets pulled. How do I fix this location path and install angular cli. Same happens when I try to install typescript or any other npm package. all of them try to install from the location mentioned below and it fails with 404

8 http fetch GET 404 
       http://nuget.feed.xyz.corp:8729/npm/FeedNPM/@angular%2fcli 109ms
9 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for @angular/cli@latest 404 Not Found: 
     @angular/cli@latest
10 verbose stack Error: 404 Not Found: @angular/cli@latest

What's your question? It looks like @angular/cli doesn't exist. — EvSunWoodard, Nov 27 '17 at 21:37
See this question's top answer, and use the default npm registry location: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22385092/npm-config-set-registry-https-registry-npmjs-org-is-not-working-in-windows . Registry: https://registry.npmjs.org/ — EvSunWoodard, Nov 27 '17 at 21:51
Yep, That was it. Can't thank you enough!! Your answer made my day! — theandroid, Nov 27 '17 at 22:08

score 84 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 18 '18 at 23:03

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npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org

NPM registry documentation

edited Dec 18 '18 at 23:03

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answered Nov 27 '17 at 23:36

Matt

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Should be the accepted answer - Weird took me a while to find through searches thanks – nitrex Jan 18 '20 at 03:03
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Should I use http or https? – Mark Aug 06 '20 at 10:36
Looks lie it's redirecting to https so it doesn't matter – ranbuch Oct 25 '22 at 10:47

score 19 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 06 '20 at 11:36

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Try first this commands (in windows run as administrator)

npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org
npm install -g @angular/cli

if still not working let's update NPM and nodejs by running this commands

npm -g install npm
npm cache clean -f
npm install -g n

then try to run

npm install -g @angular/cli

This should solve this problem

answered Aug 06 '20 at 11:36

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When I do the above options, I got rollbackFailedOptional and ETIMEOUT later. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. – Cheolsoon Im Jul 23 '21 at 21:35
in which OS? if you are using windows just then you can try to unintall and try again may be this works. – Atul Baldaniya Oct 28 '21 at 01:17

score 13 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 03 '19 at 19:14

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in my case it was .npmrc file in my project dir, which kept overwriting my global registry url. As soon as I deleted it, I could finally use npm install

answered Feb 03 '19 at 19:14

Alexus

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Same here. Had to delete .npmrc (was trying to install private package) , then do npm install and once it worked I restored the .npmrc back to the project – codeinprogress May 04 '21 at 08:25
I had an issue with my .npmrc file. There were some mandatory entries that I had missed. – Sanke Sep 16 '21 at 09:12

nick · Answer 4 · 2020-08-05T09:52:34.137

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Add a .npmrc file in the root of the project. .npmrc will look like below -

@xy:registry=https://xyz.jfrog.io/xyz/api/npm/npm-local/ @xy-app:registry=https://xyz.jfrog.io/xyz/api/npm/npm-local/

And Delete all the field eg - email , auth etc. Find out what is the registry url of your application and put it into the registry.

Then run command - npm install And it will work.

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answered Aug 05 '20 at 09:25

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score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 23 '19 at 16:52

It was giving the same error for me when I use office network/vpn as they have 'umbrella' DNS security shield. To solve this issue, connect to personal network and type the below commands:

    npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org
    npm install -g @angular/cli

score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 26 '19 at 15:03

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Alternative, another option to avoid 404 npm error

check if your terminal is in the root directory, if not your npm scripts will not execute because it will not be able to see the package.json

answered Sep 26 '19 at 15:03

Niyongabo Eric

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score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 04 '22 at 16:01

I spent hours on this.

I had to follow the below steps to get it to work (mac).

Delete my LOCAL (not project) .npmrc by running:

rm /Users/<NAME>/.npmrc

Then set the registry:

npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/

Then follow the steps for logging in to npm:

npm login

Check what's in your config list by running:

npm config list

It should look like this:

//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken = (protected)
registry = "https://registry.npmjs.org/"

Hope it works for you too.

score 2 · Answer 8 · edited Jun 24 '20 at 15:11

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I had same problem with a private package. Need to:

npm adduser
npm login

edited Jun 24 '20 at 15:11

Cabezas

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answered May 28 '19 at 08:40

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score 1 · Answer 9 · edited May 17 '23 at 17:12

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When I looked for .npmrc in home folder I couldn’t find it.

But and after running:

$ npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org

This fixed my problem.

edited May 17 '23 at 17:12

Parking Master

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answered May 15 '23 at 10:39

Abdelellah Dandashi

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score 0 · Answer 10 · edited Oct 04 '19 at 07:22

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change your access level to public. type this in the terminal

npm --access=public

install your angular.

sudo npm install @ngular/cli

edited Oct 04 '19 at 07:22

IlGala

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answered Oct 04 '19 at 02:56

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 14 '20 at 09:22

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In my case, that's a typo error:
change trct-js-sdk to trtc-js-sdk saved my life.

answered Jul 14 '20 at 09:22

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Apr 08 '22 at 00:52

My solution was as follows because I had a dependency on a private package. If you see the dependency in package.json defined in the format @scope/package, then @scope tells you that it's a scoped package that might be private.

Get the private package owner to grant you access to the package
Upgrade npm
Upgrade node
Add registry using HTTPS (not HTTP), e.g. npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org
Do "npm login"
Now run the build

score 0 · Answer 13 · edited Jun 10 '22 at 14:40

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Worked for me

I got

error 404 'dotnev@*' is not in this registry.

Deleted .npmrc file in 2 folders back over my project root and then in the project root folder typed:

npm i dotenv

copied from: https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv

edited Jun 10 '22 at 14:40

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answered Jun 05 '22 at 04:43

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Ndiklas · Answer 14 · 2022-06-05T16:38:28.700

Uninstall NPM & nodejs and install the right way NPM (Ubuntu)

sudo with npm is not recommended

To Uninstall

sudo apt-get remove nodejs
sudo apt-get remove npm

or

sudo apt-get purge nodejs

Followed by proper installation

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.34.0/install.sh | bash

To confirm open a new terminal run:

$ command -v nvm

Latest LTS release of NodeJS:

$ nvm install --lts

Set default environment

$ nvm alias default lts/*

score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Feb 06 '23 at 20:45

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Just run sudo npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org and then update your npm.

answered Feb 06 '23 at 20:45

Hamdollah Hoseinpour

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score 0 · Answer 16 · edited May 03 '23 at 18:41

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I had the same problem. What did I do?

First I deleted the .npmrc file in home/user

ls -a
sudo rm .npmrc

Then I downgraded my npm to a lower version

npm install -g npm@8.19.4

Then in my application I deleted the node_module package and runned the npm install.

edited May 03 '23 at 18:41

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answered May 02 '23 at 21:42

Marcos Silva

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score -1 · Answer 17 · answered Mar 06 '20 at 11:20

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It is an network error , check your network connection and try to install it again.

answered Mar 06 '20 at 11:20

kajal

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score -1 · Answer 18 · answered Sep 23 '20 at 12:31

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the only command line "npm -g install npm" solved the issue for me! the following link can be helpful to dig deep for a better understanding. Thanks a lot.

answered Sep 23 '20 at 12:31

Hassan Braim

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"The following link"? Where? – Taslim Oseni Sep 23 '20 at 13:02

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