Error: Cannot find module 'code-point-at' while writing any npm commands - node.js

Question

Configurations:
System : Ubuntu v21.10
node : v16.14.0
npm : v6.13.7
Problem :
It was working well until last ubuntu software update,Now its throwing "Error: Cannot find module 'code-point-at' while writing any npm commands" because of code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND'
I have attached terminal Screenshot,please help me solve this issue.
Terminal:
Terminal Screenshot
ssns#nits-hp-15-notebook-pc:~$ npm --version
node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:933
const err = new Error(message);
^
Error: Cannot find module 'code-point-at'
Require stack:
- /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/wide-align/node_modules/string-width/index.js
- /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/wide-align/align.js
- /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/gauge/lib/render-template.js
- /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/gauge/lib/plumbing.js
- /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/gauge/lib/index.js
- /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/lib/log.js
- /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/log-shim.js
- /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/exit-handler.js
- /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli.js
- /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:933:15)
at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:778:27)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)
at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/wide-align/node_modules/string-width/index.js:3:19)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1103:14)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1155:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19) {
code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
requireStack: [
'/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/wide-align/node_modules/string-width/index.js',
'/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/wide-align/align.js',
'/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/gauge/lib/render-template.js',
'/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/gauge/lib/plumbing.js',
'/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/gauge/lib/index.js',
'/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/lib/log.js',
'/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/log-shim.js',
'/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/exit-handler.js',
'/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli.js',
'/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js'
]
}
ssns#nits-hp-15-notebook-pc:~$
Thanks in Advance.. :)

Answer 1

I have the same issue on Windows - even npm -v would throw the same error. I'm unable to find the root cause of the issue, but found the following workaround.
I found out that the folder at Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\code-point-at was empty for me, even after a clean install of Node. In your case, the directory should be /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/code-point-at.
I downloaded a copy of code-point-at from its Github repository at https://github.com/sindresorhus/code-point-at/tags, and manually copied the files into the directory. Once this was done, NPM appears to function normally for me.