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I get this error when I try to install node

npm ERR! cb() never called!

npm ERR! This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://npm.community>

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\lenovo\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-08-29T13_30_35_085Z-debug.log
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  • Can you post what commands you are using to install node? – Jatin Mehrotra Aug 29 '20 at 14:28
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    What’s in the log file? What stage in the node install process are you at? I’m confused: are you installing node as you state, or are you running npm or create-react-app or ...? – Dave Newton Aug 29 '20 at 14:31
  • Does this answer your question? [npm ERR cb() never called](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15393821/npm-err-cb-never-called) – Danish Aug 30 '20 at 23:16

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  1. try this first before installing node.

     sudo npm cache verify

 sudo npm cache clean --force

  2. After installing verify your installation:

    node --version

Dharman
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Jatin Mehrotra
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several things you can try are following

sudo npm cache clean --force

trying changing ownership of npm and try npm latest

sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm
sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/lib
sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/bin
npm install -g npm@latest

give it a try by clearing up the proxy, maybe you're behind proxy

npm config set proxy null
npm config set https-proxy null
npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/

Lately i would like to recommend you to use the NVM package. it is not the solution to your answer directly but its a great way to manage and have different node/npm environments https://davidwalsh.name/nvm

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