Why wouldn't NPM install #sentry/node correctly? - node.js

Question

I cannot require('#sentry/node'). It appears as though there is no index.js file in the final package installed. There is no reference to dist directory in package.json either.
$ npm -v
5.6.0
$ node -v
v9.4.0
$ npm install #sentry/node#4.4.1
npm WARN backend#0.0.0 No repository field.
npm WARN backend#0.0.0 No license field.
+ #sentry/node#4.4.1
added 272 packages in 7.552s
$ npm ls
backend#0.0.0 /Users/holmes/Code/backend
├─┬ UNMET DEPENDENCY #sentry/node#4.4.1
│ ├─┬ UNMET DEPENDENCY #sentry/core#4.4.1
│ │ ├── UNMET DEPENDENCY #sentry/hub#4.4.1
│ │ ├─┬ UNMET DEPENDENCY #sentry/minimal#4.4.1
│ │ │ ├── UNMET DEPENDENCY #sentry/hub#4.4.1
│ │ │ ├── UNMET DEPENDENCY #sentry/types#4.4.1
│ │ │ └── tslib#1.9.3 deduped
│ │ ├── UNMET DEPENDENCY #sentry/types#4.4.1
│ │ ├── UNMET DEPENDENCY #sentry/utils#4.4.1
│ │ └── tslib#1.9.3 deduped
│ ├─┬ UNMET DEPENDENCY #sentry/hub#4.4.1
│ │ ├── UNMET DEPENDENCY #sentry/types#4.4.1
│ │ ├── UNMET DEPENDENCY #sentry/utils#4.4.1
│ │ └── tslib#1.9.3 deduped
│ ├── UNMET DEPENDENCY #sentry/types#4.4.1
│ ├─┬ UNMET DEPENDENCY #sentry/utils#4.4.1
│ │ ├── UNMET DEPENDENCY #sentry/types#4.4.1
│ │ └── tslib#1.9.3 deduped
│ ├── UNMET DEPENDENCY #types/stack-trace#0.0.29
│ ├── cookie#0.3.1
│ ├─┬ https-proxy-agent#2.2.1
│ │ ├─┬ agent-base#4.2.1
│ │ │ └─┬ es6-promisify#5.0.0
│ │ │ └── es6-promise#4.2.5
│ │ └─┬ debug#3.2.6
│ │ └── ms#2.1.1
│ ├── lsmod#1.0.0
│ ├── stack-trace#0.0.10
│ └── tslib#1.9.3
├─┬ cheerio#0.16.0
│ ├─┬ CSSselect#0.4.1
│ │ ├── CSSwhat#0.4.7
│ │ └─┬ domutils#1.4.3
│ │ └── domelementtype#1.3.1 deduped
│ ├── entities#1.1.2
│ ├─┬ htmlparser2#3.7.3
│ │ ├── domelementtype#1.3.1
│ │ ├─┬ domhandler#2.2.1
│ │ │ └── domelementtype#1.3.1 deduped
│ │ ├─┬ domutils#1.5.1
│ │ │ ├─┬ dom-serializer#0.1.0
│ │ │ │ ├── domelementtype#1.1.3
│ │ │ │ └── entities#1.1.2 deduped
│ │ │ └── domelementtype#1.3.1 deduped
│ │ ├── entities#1.0.0
│ │ └── readable-stream#1.1.14 deduped
│ └── lodash#2.4.2
├── cron#1.0.4
├── ejs#1.0.0
├─┬ geoip-lite#1.1.9
│ ├─┬ async#2.6.1
│ │ └── lodash#4.17.11
│ ├── colors#1.3.3
│ ├─┬ glob#7.1.3
│ │ ├── fs.realpath#1.0.0
│ │ ├─┬ inflight#1.0.6
│ │ │ ├── once#1.4.0 deduped
│ │ │ └── wrappy#1.0.2
│ │ ├── inherits#2.0.3
│ │ ├─┬ minimatch#3.0.4
│ │ │ └─┬ brace-expansion#1.1.11
│ │ │ ├── balanced-match#1.0.0
│ │ │ └── concat-map#0.0.1
│ │ ├─┬ once#1.4.0
│ │ │ └── wrappy#1.0.2 deduped
│ │ └── path-is-absolute#1.0.1
│ ├─┬ iconv-lite#0.4.24
│ │ └── safer-buffer#2.1.2
│ ├── lazy#1.0.11
│ ├─┬ rimraf#2.6.2
│ │ └── glob#7.1.3 deduped
│ └─┬ unzip#0.1.11
│ ├─┬ binary#0.3.0
│ │ ├── buffers#0.1.1
│ │ └─┬ chainsaw#0.1.0
│ │ └── traverse#0.3.9 deduped
│ ├─┬ fstream#0.1.31
│ │ ├─┬ graceful-fs#3.0.11
│ │ │ └── natives#1.1.6
│ │ ├── inherits#2.0.3 deduped
│ │ ├── mkdirp#0.5.1 deduped
│ │ └── rimraf#2.6.2 deduped
│ ├─┬ match-stream#0.0.2
│ │ ├── buffers#0.1.1 deduped
│ │ └─┬ readable-stream#1.0.34
│ │ ├── core-util-is#1.0.2 deduped
│ │ ├── inherits#2.0.3 deduped
│ │ ├── isarray#0.0.1 deduped
│ │ └── string_decoder#0.10.31 deduped
│ ├─┬ pullstream#0.4.1
│ │ ├── over#0.0.5
│ │ ├─┬ readable-stream#1.0.34
│ │ │ ├── core-util-is#1.0.2 deduped
│ │ │ ├── inherits#2.0.3 deduped
│ │ │ ├── isarray#0.0.1 deduped
│ │ │ └── string_decoder#0.10.31 deduped
│ │ ├── setimmediate#1.0.5 deduped
│ │ └─┬ slice-stream#1.0.0
│ │ └─┬ readable-stream#1.0.34
│ │ ├── core-util-is#1.0.2 deduped
│ │ ├── inherits#2.0.3 deduped
│ │ ├── isarray#0.0.1 deduped
│ │ └── string_decoder#0.10.31 deduped
│ ├─┬ readable-stream#1.0.34
│ │ ├── core-util-is#1.0.2 deduped
│ │ ├── inherits#2.0.3 deduped
│ │ ├── isarray#0.0.1 deduped
│ │ └── string_decoder#0.10.31 deduped
│ └── setimmediate#1.0.5 deduped
├─┬ gm#1.16.0
│ ├── array-parallel#0.1.3
│ ├── array-series#0.1.5
│ ├── debug#0.7.0
│ ├── stream-to-buffer#0.0.1
│ └── through#2.3.8
├── iz#0.4.1
├─┬ jade#1.3.1
│ ├── character-parser#1.2.0
│ ├── commander#2.1.0
│ ├─┬ constantinople#2.0.1
│ │ └─┬ uglify-js#2.4.24
│ │ ├── async#0.2.10
│ │ ├─┬ source-map#0.1.34
│ │ │ └── amdefine#1.0.1
│ │ ├── uglify-to-browserify#1.0.2
│ │ └─┬ yargs#3.5.4
│ │ ├── camelcase#1.2.1
│ │ ├── decamelize#1.2.0
│ │ ├── window-size#0.1.0
│ │ └── wordwrap#0.0.2
│ ├── mkdirp#0.3.5
│ ├─┬ monocle#1.1.51
│ │ └─┬ readdirp#0.2.5
│ │ └── minimatch#3.0.4 deduped
│ ├─┬ transformers#2.1.0
│ │ ├─┬ css#1.0.8
│ │ │ ├── css-parse#1.0.4
│ │ │ └── css-stringify#1.0.5
│ │ ├─┬ promise#2.0.0
│ │ │ └── is-promise#1.0.1
│ │ └─┬ uglify-js#2.2.5
│ │ ├─┬ optimist#0.3.7
│ │ │ └── wordwrap#0.0.2 deduped
│ │ └── source-map#0.1.34 deduped
│ └─┬ with#3.0.1
│ └── uglify-js#2.4.24 deduped
├─┬ juice#1.0.0
│ ├── batch#0.5.2
│ ├─┬ cheerio#0.18.0
│ │ ├── CSSselect#0.4.1 deduped
│ │ ├─┬ dom-serializer#0.0.1
│ │ │ ├── domelementtype#1.1.3
│ │ │ └── entities#1.1.2 deduped
│ │ ├── entities#1.1.2 deduped
│ │ ├─┬ htmlparser2#3.8.3
│ │ │ ├── domelementtype#1.1.3 deduped
│ │ │ ├─┬ domhandler#2.3.0
│ │ │ │ └── domelementtype#1.1.3 deduped
│ │ │ ├─┬ domutils#1.5.1
│ │ │ │ ├── dom-serializer#0.0.1 deduped
│ │ │ │ └── domelementtype#1.1.3 deduped
│ │ │ ├── entities#1.0.0
│ │ │ └── readable-stream#1.1.14 deduped
│ │ └── lodash#2.4.2 deduped
│ ├── commander#2.3.0
│ ├── cssom#0.3.0
│ ├── slick#1.12.1
│ └─┬ web-resource-inliner#1.0.0
│ ├── async#0.9.2
│ ├─┬ clean-css#1.1.7
│ │ └── commander#2.0.0
│ ├─┬ datauri#0.2.1
│ │ ├── mimer#0.3.2
│ │ └── templayed#0.2.3
│ ├─┬ request#2.88.0
│ │ ├── aws-sign2#0.7.0
│ │ ├── aws4#1.8.0 deduped
│ │ ├── caseless#0.12.0 deduped
│ │ ├─┬ combined-stream#1.0.7
│ │ │ └── delayed-stream#1.0.0
│ │ ├── extend#3.0.2 deduped
│ │ ├── forever-agent#0.6.1
│ │ ├─┬ form-data#2.3.3
│ │ │ ├── asynckit#0.4.0 deduped
│ │ │ ├── combined-stream#1.0.7 deduped
│ │ │ └── mime-types#2.1.21 deduped
│ │ ├── har-validator#5.1.3 deduped
│ │ ├─┬ http-signature#1.2.0
│ │ │ ├── assert-plus#1.0.0
│ │ │ ├── jsprim#1.4.1 deduped
│ │ │ └── sshpk#1.15.2 deduped
│ │ ├── is-typedarray#1.0.0 deduped
│ │ ├── isstream#0.1.2 deduped
│ │ ├── json-stringify-safe#5.0.1 deduped
│ │ ├── mime-types#2.1.21 deduped
│ │ ├── oauth-sign#0.9.0
│ │ ├── performance-now#2.1.0 deduped
│ │ ├── qs#6.5.2
│ │ ├── safe-buffer#5.1.2 deduped
│ │ ├─┬ tough-cookie#2.4.3
│ │ │ ├── psl#1.1.29 deduped
│ │ │ └── punycode#1.4.1
│ │ ├─┬ tunnel-agent#0.6.0
│ │ │ └── safe-buffer#5.1.2 deduped
│ │ └── uuid#3.3.2
│ ├─┬ uglify-js#2.4.1
│ │ ├── async#0.2.10
│ │ ├── optimist#0.3.7 deduped
│ │ ├── source-map#0.1.34 deduped
│ │ └── uglify-to-browserify#1.0.2 deduped
│ └── xtend#4.0.1
├─┬ kava#0.1.1-alpha
│ └─┬ mysql#0.9.6
│ └─┬ hashish#0.0.4
│ └── traverse#0.3.9
├─┬ knox#0.9.0
│ ├─┬ debug#1.0.2
│ │ └── ms#0.6.2
│ ├── mime#1.2.11
│ ├── once#1.3.0
│ ├── stream-counter#1.0.0
│ └─┬ xml2js#0.4.4
│ ├── sax#0.6.0
│ └─┬ xmlbuilder#2.2.1
│ └── lodash-node#2.4.1
├── marked#0.3.19
├─┬ mkdirp#0.5.1
│ └── minimist#0.0.8
├── moment#2.6.0
├─┬ mysql#2.3.2
│ ├── bignumber.js#1.4.0
│ ├─┬ readable-stream#1.1.14
│ │ ├── core-util-is#1.0.2
│ │ ├── inherits#2.0.3 deduped
│ │ ├── isarray#0.0.1
│ │ └── string_decoder#0.10.31
│ └── require-all#0.0.8
├─┬ nib#1.0.4
│ └── stylus#0.45.1 deduped
├─┬ nodemailer#0.6.5
│ ├─┬ directmail#0.1.8
│ │ └── simplesmtp#0.3.35 deduped
│ ├── he#0.3.6
│ ├─┬ mailcomposer#0.2.12
│ │ ├─┬ dkim-signer#0.1.2
│ │ │ ├── mimelib#0.2.19 deduped
│ │ │ └── punycode#1.2.4
│ │ ├─┬ follow-redirects#0.0.3
│ │ │ └── underscore#1.9.1
│ │ ├── he#0.3.6 deduped
│ │ ├── mime#1.2.11 deduped
│ │ └─┬ mimelib#0.2.19
│ │ ├── addressparser#0.3.2
│ │ └─┬ encoding#0.1.12
│ │ └── iconv-lite#0.4.24 deduped
│ ├── public-address#0.1.2
│ ├── readable-stream#1.1.14 deduped
│ └─┬ simplesmtp#0.3.35
│ ├── rai#0.1.12
│ └── xoauth2#0.1.8
├─┬ open-graph#0.1.7
│ ├─┬ cheerio#0.17.0
│ │ ├── CSSselect#0.4.1 deduped
│ │ ├─┬ dom-serializer#0.0.1
│ │ │ ├── domelementtype#1.1.3
│ │ │ └── entities#1.1.2 deduped
│ │ ├── entities#1.1.2 deduped
│ │ ├── htmlparser2#3.7.3 deduped
│ │ └── lodash#2.4.2 deduped
│ └─┬ request#2.88.0
│ ├── aws-sign2#0.7.0
│ ├── aws4#1.8.0
│ ├── caseless#0.12.0
│ ├─┬ combined-stream#1.0.7
│ │ └── delayed-stream#1.0.0
│ ├── extend#3.0.2
│ ├── forever-agent#0.6.1
│ ├─┬ form-data#2.3.3
│ │ ├── asynckit#0.4.0
│ │ ├── combined-stream#1.0.7 deduped
│ │ └── mime-types#2.1.21 deduped
│ ├─┬ har-validator#5.1.3
│ │ ├─┬ ajv#6.6.1
│ │ │ ├── fast-deep-equal#2.0.1
│ │ │ ├── fast-json-stable-stringify#2.0.0
│ │ │ ├── json-schema-traverse#0.4.1
│ │ │ └─┬ uri-js#4.2.2
│ │ │ └── punycode#2.1.1 deduped
│ │ └── har-schema#2.0.0
│ ├─┬ http-signature#1.2.0
│ │ ├── assert-plus#1.0.0
│ │ ├─┬ jsprim#1.4.1
│ │ │ ├── assert-plus#1.0.0
│ │ │ ├── extsprintf#1.3.0
│ │ │ ├── json-schema#0.2.3
│ │ │ └─┬ verror#1.10.0
│ │ │ ├── assert-plus#1.0.0
│ │ │ ├── core-util-is#1.0.2 deduped
│ │ │ └── extsprintf#1.3.0 deduped
│ │ └─┬ sshpk#1.15.2
│ │ ├─┬ asn1#0.2.4
│ │ │ └── safer-buffer#2.1.2 deduped
│ │ ├── assert-plus#1.0.0
│ │ ├─┬ bcrypt-pbkdf#1.0.2
│ │ │ └── tweetnacl#0.14.5 deduped
│ │ ├─┬ dashdash#1.14.1
│ │ │ └── assert-plus#1.0.0
│ │ ├─┬ ecc-jsbn#0.1.2
│ │ │ ├── jsbn#0.1.1 deduped
│ │ │ └── safer-buffer#2.1.2 deduped
│ │ ├─┬ getpass#0.1.7
│ │ │ └── assert-plus#1.0.0
│ │ ├── jsbn#0.1.1
│ │ ├── safer-buffer#2.1.2 deduped
│ │ └── tweetnacl#0.14.5
│ ├── is-typedarray#1.0.0
│ ├── isstream#0.1.2
│ ├── json-stringify-safe#5.0.1 deduped
│ ├─┬ mime-types#2.1.21
│ │ └── mime-db#1.37.0
│ ├── oauth-sign#0.9.0
│ ├── performance-now#2.1.0
│ ├── qs#6.5.2
│ ├── safe-buffer#5.1.2
│ ├─┬ tough-cookie#2.4.3
│ │ ├── psl#1.1.29 deduped
│ │ └── punycode#1.4.1
│ ├─┬ tunnel-agent#0.6.0
│ │ └── safe-buffer#5.1.2 deduped
│ └── uuid#3.3.2
├─┬ paralyze#1.0.0
│ └── setimmediate#1.0.5
├─┬ rabbit.js#0.4.4
│ ├─┬ amqplib#0.3.2
│ │ ├─┬ bitsyntax#0.0.4
│ │ │ └── buffer-more-ints#0.0.2 deduped
│ │ ├── buffer-more-ints#0.0.2
│ │ ├── readable-stream#1.1.14 deduped
│ │ └── when#3.6.4
│ ├── node-uuid#1.4.8
│ └── readable-stream#1.1.14 deduped
├── redis#0.10.3
├─┬ request#2.36.0
│ ├── aws-sign2#0.5.0
│ ├── forever-agent#0.5.2
│ ├─┬ form-data#0.1.4
│ │ ├── async#0.9.2
│ │ ├─┬ combined-stream#0.0.7
│ │ │ └── delayed-stream#0.0.5
│ │ └── mime#1.2.11 deduped
│ ├─┬ hawk#1.0.0
│ │ ├─┬ boom#0.4.2
│ │ │ └── hoek#0.9.1 deduped
│ │ ├─┬ cryptiles#0.2.2
│ │ │ └── boom#0.4.2 deduped
│ │ ├── hoek#0.9.1
│ │ └─┬ sntp#0.2.4
│ │ └── hoek#0.9.1 deduped
│ ├─┬ http-signature#0.10.1
│ │ ├── asn1#0.1.11
│ │ ├── assert-plus#0.1.5
│ │ └── ctype#0.5.3
│ ├── json-stringify-safe#5.0.1
│ ├── mime#1.2.11 deduped
│ ├── node-uuid#1.4.8
│ ├── oauth-sign#0.3.0
│ ├── qs#0.6.6
│ ├─┬ tough-cookie#2.5.0
│ │ ├── psl#1.1.29
│ │ └── punycode#2.1.1
│ └── tunnel-agent#0.4.3
├─┬ stripe#2.6.3
│ └── when#3.1.0
├─┬ stylus#0.45.1
│ ├── css-parse#1.7.0
│ ├── debug#0.7.0 deduped
│ ├─┬ glob#3.2.11
│ │ ├── inherits#2.0.3 deduped
│ │ └─┬ minimatch#0.3.0
│ │ ├── lru-cache#2.7.3
│ │ └── sigmund#1.0.1
│ ├── mkdirp#0.3.5
│ └── sax#0.5.8
└── yarn#0.1.3
npm ERR! missing: #sentry/node#4.4.1, required by backend#0.0.0
npm ERR! missing: #sentry/core#4.4.1, required by #sentry/node#4.4.1
npm ERR! missing: #sentry/hub#4.4.1, required by #sentry/node#4.4.1
npm ERR! missing: #sentry/types#4.4.1, required by #sentry/node#4.4.1
npm ERR! missing: #sentry/utils#4.4.1, required by #sentry/node#4.4.1
npm ERR! missing: #types/stack-trace#0.0.29, required by #sentry/node#4.4.1
npm ERR! missing: #sentry/hub#4.4.1, required by #sentry/core#4.4.1
npm ERR! missing: #sentry/minimal#4.4.1, required by #sentry/core#4.4.1
npm ERR! missing: #sentry/types#4.4.1, required by #sentry/core#4.4.1
npm ERR! missing: #sentry/utils#4.4.1, required by #sentry/core#4.4.1
npm ERR! missing: #sentry/hub#4.4.1, required by #sentry/minimal#4.4.1
npm ERR! missing: #sentry/types#4.4.1, required by #sentry/minimal#4.4.1
npm ERR! missing: #sentry/types#4.4.1, required by #sentry/hub#4.4.1
npm ERR! missing: #sentry/utils#4.4.1, required by #sentry/hub#4.4.1
npm ERR! missing: #sentry/types#4.4.1, required by #sentry/utils#4.4.1
$ ls -al node_modules/#sentry
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 8 holmes staff 256 Dec 11 17:37 .
drwxr-xr-x 190 holmes staff 6080 Dec 11 17:37 ..
drwxr-xr-x 6 holmes staff 192 Dec 11 17:37 core
drwxr-xr-x 6 holmes staff 192 Dec 11 17:37 hub
drwxr-xr-x 6 holmes staff 192 Dec 11 17:37 minimal
drwxr-xr-x 6 holmes staff 192 Dec 11 17:37 node
drwxr-xr-x 6 holmes staff 192 Dec 11 17:37 types
drwxr-xr-x 38 holmes staff 1216 Dec 11 17:37 utils
$ ls -al node_modules/#sentry/node
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 6 holmes staff 192 Dec 11 17:37 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 holmes staff 256 Dec 11 17:37 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 holmes staff 1527 Oct 26 1985 LICENSE
-rw-r--r-- 1 holmes staff 1942 Oct 26 1985 README.md
drwxr-xr-x 25 holmes staff 800 Dec 11 17:37 dist
-rw-r--r-- 1 holmes staff 1631 Dec 11 17:37 package.json
$ cat node_modules/#sentry/node/package.json
{
"_from": "#sentry/node#4.4.1",
"_id": "#sentry/node#4.4.1",
"_inBundle": false,
"_integrity": "sha512-qPqF9A5GaAKEMFJRfBPGQ9kyZLXGv2iRhJUbc7DyO7F9LWsIqjokclr2F5qyOFVQAhkv/qLjAE1biVFG8/LwUQ==",
"_location": "/#sentry/node",
"_phantomChildren": {},
"_requested": {
"type": "version",
"registry": true,
"raw": "#sentry/node#4.4.1",
"name": "#sentry/node",
"escapedName": "#sentry%2fnode",
"scope": "#sentry",
"rawSpec": "4.4.1",
"saveSpec": null,
"fetchSpec": "4.4.1"
},
"_requiredBy": [
"#USER",
"/"
],
"_resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/#sentry/node/-/node-4.4.1.tgz",
"_shasum": "20cb65307015c8916ad3b3556694adde94104c74",
"_shrinkwrap": null,
"_spec": "#sentry/node#4.4.1",
"_where": "/Users/holmes/Code/backend",
"bin": null,
"bundleDependencies": false,
"dependencies": {
"#sentry/core": "4.4.1",
"#sentry/hub": "4.4.1",
"#sentry/types": "4.4.1",
"#sentry/utils": "4.4.1",
"#types/stack-trace": "0.0.29",
"cookie": "0.3.1",
"https-proxy-agent": "^2.2.1",
"lsmod": "1.0.0",
"stack-trace": "0.0.10",
"tslib": "^1.9.3"
},
"deprecated": false,
"devDependencies": {
"#types/cookie": "0.3.1",
"#types/node": "^10.12.10",
"express": "^4.16.4",
"jest": "^22.4.3",
"npm-run-all": "^4.1.2",
"prettier": "^1.14.0",
"prettier-check": "^2.0.0",
"rimraf": "^2.6.2",
"tslint": "^5.11.0",
"typescript": "^3.0.1"
},
"engines": {
"node": ">=6"
},
"name": "#sentry/node",
"optionalDependencies": {},
"peerDependencies": {},
"version": "4.4.1"
}
As you can see there is no "main": "dist/index.js", line in the final package.json. What could be causing such an issue? I've installed #sentry/node in other projects, but for some reason it's not working consistently on this older project.

Answer 1

It seems as though my issue was related to a bad install of npm/node. I'm not sure what exactly the issue was with it, but to fix it I did as follows:
Install nvm.
Installed node/npm from nvm.
Removed my node_modules directory.
For good measure, I chmod -R myuser ~/.npm
These steps fixed the issue for me. As for what the issue was, I'm not sure. It could be related to conflicts with system node and n (which I was using instead of nvm).