npm update check failed - node.js

Question

Last night I tried to update my node and npm, it seemed to have been successful, however ever since then I have been getting this same error any time I try and run any npm command.
I have tried uninstalling and re-installing npm, but cannot get past this error message below.
Node version: v8.3.0
Error message I am getting:
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ npm update check failed │
│ Try running with sudo or get access │
│ to the local update config store via │
│ sudo chown -R $USER:$(id -gn $USER) /Users/veritystothard/.config │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
module.js:491
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'proto-list'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:489:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:439:25)
at Module.require (module.js:517:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/config-chain/index.js:1:79)
at Module._compile (module.js:573:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:584:10)
at Module.load (module.js:507:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:470:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:462:3)
I'm not sure what other details to include here, if anyone has had this issue before I'd appreciate your help. Thanks!

Answer 1

Following is the answer from github
Fix for windows, I got this message :
npm update check failed Try running with sudo or get access to the
local update config store via sudo chown -R $USER:$(id -gn $USER)
C:\Users.config
so I went on to C:\Users.config and deleted the
"configstore" folder. once I done this, next time a ran npm start, the
folder was re-generated, and error stopped
Fix for OSX:
After two hours of try-and-fail I managed to solve the issue as follows:
go to folder /usr/local/lib/node_modules/
right-click on the folder node_modules > go to Get Info
update the permissions > add yourself and administrator account and set "read and write" for both
run in the terminal "npm install packageName"
if you still get the error, go to the same folder /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ and within the folder node_modules, update in the same way the permissions for the new package folder
try to run again in the terminal "npm install packageName"
That worked for me! Hope it could help somebody.

Answer 2

I had the same issue on AWS server, i used this command to update the config permissions and the npm command worked smooth.
sudo chown -R $USER:$(id -gn $USER) ~/.config

Answer 3

If your are on macOS, you must update the config file. You just have to enter this command in your terminal:
sudo npm i -g npm

Answer 4

I have similar error after node updating so i just delete directory .config and this help.

Answer 5

Run below command from a command prompt
Step 1 : (If possible open cmd as administrator)
- npm install -g npm-check-updates
Step 2 :
- Open new command prompt and Create a new project

Answer 6

I got a Windows 10 environment:
For me, first I did make sure all node.exe instances killed:
taskkill /t /f /im node.exe
Then I've updated npm to the latest version using npm-check-updates
Finally, I deleted .config folder from user home C:\Users\<USERNAME>
That's solved my problem.

Answer 7

If you don't want to chown your entire .config directory (which contains configuration files from other programs), try:
sudo chown -R $USER:$(id -gn $USER) "/home/skaestle/.config/configstore/"

Answer 8

Try running the command prompt Run as administrator mode, if that not solved your issue delete the .config folder under c:\user\<name of the user>\ and then try running the command prompt Run as administrator mode.

Answer 9

I had the same error (npm update check failed) on a Centos 7 but not when installing node, just when loggin into the server and it was because there was no more space left. Deleted some files, updated the system and everything worked fine again.
Just in case somebody else comes to the same problem.

Answer 10

I have a fixed that worked for me on OSX Catalina:
-------------------------------------
/var/log/nodejs/nodejs.log
-------------------------------------
> node server.js
€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”€â”
│ npm update check failed │
│ Try running with sudo or get access │
│ to the local update config store via │
│ sudo chown -R $USER:$(id -gn $USER) /tmp/.config │
└──────────────────────────â”
I ran the following code in the terminal and as suggested here: sudo chown -R $USER:$(id -gn $USER) /tmp/.config & redeployed to my instance which still showed a degraded state.
I did this several times and this did not result in success.
Since I had a duplicate instance that was in the ready, so I didn't think it was a permissions problem on my local machine.
The following fix worked for me (please note that my code is deployed to ebs through AWS CodePipeline":
Delete package-lock.json from your express/node project.
Run npm i
git add && git commit -m "your commit msg" && git push
In your aws console, go to code pipeline and verify your code deployed successfully.
Navigate to Elastic Beanstalk. If your code pushed successfully, you should see your instance updating.
After this the state of your EBS environment should be in the ready state.
Hope this helps someone out.

Answer 11

worked for me after running below command
nvm use --delete-prefix version

Answer 12

Running the cmd with admin rights once was enough for me.
Just did npm version.
After that it worked again also without admin rights.
I did not delete anything.
{
npm: '6.13.6',
node: '12.14.1',
...
}

Answer 13

If the user does not have sudo rights in a unix environment, remember the user name you want to issue the command with (-> USER). Then use
su
Enter your root password. Then
chown -R USER:USER .config
Other .config folders that were created using root are also changed. In my case changing ~/.config/nvws owner did the job (chown -R THE USER YOU USE NPM WITH:THE USER YOU USE NPM WITH .config/nvm)

Answer 14

I'm a windows user. I solved mine by going to the /Users/<username> right clicking the .config folder then in properties un-ticked the read only and apply

Answer 15

run script to check for update
sudo npm install -g npm-check-updates
and later update using sudo npm

Answer 16

This issues come due to TWO reasons
You have no permission to read-write
Due to window settings folder is secured.
case 1st- just enable the read-write permission
case 2nd- if u have permission for read-write and still you facing the same issues, it means you system securities reject the request to write the file, because the file location is given in C drive
solution - JUST disable the firewall / Ransomware protection in windows 10. try again you will get the success.