Run Node.js & Meteor behind SOCKS proxy - node.js

Question

I am connecting to the internet in country where many sites blocked. So the method of connection is:
ssh -D 3030 root#46.101.111.333
then I configured in the Network Preferences
this way I able to connect anywhere using my browser. No problem. But when I want to install NPM modules or Meteor.js plugins with Terminal I get an error.
in NPM:
errno: 'ECONNREFUSED' If you are behind a proxy, please make sure that the 'proxy' config is set properly. See: 'npm help config'
in METEOR:
Unable to update package catalog (are you offline?)
If you are using Meteor behind a proxy, set HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY
environment variables or see this page for more details:
https://github.com/meteor/meteor/wiki/Using-Meteor-behind-a-proxy
I followed both Meteor & NPM documentations.
Meteor
export HTTP_PROXY=http://root:password#46.101.111.333:3030
export HTTPS_PROXY=http://root:password#46.101.111.333:3030
meteor update
NPM
npm config set proxy http://root:password#46.101.111.333:3030
npm config set https-proxy http://root:password#46.101.111.333:3030
and some others...
Please help, what do I need to do else.. Is it ssh or proxy specific issue. Are my settings correct ?

Answer 1

Suppose your SOCKS5 proxy is: 127.0.0.1:3030 ...
Install proxychains-ng by homebrew
Create a ~/.proxychains/proxychains.conf
for example, you may need to add one line:
socks5 127.0.0.1 3030
following [ProxyList]:
# proxychains.conf VER 4
#
# HTTP, SOCKS4, SOCKS5 tunneling proxifier with DNS.
#
# The option below identifies how the ProxyList is treated.
# only one option should be uncommented at time,
# otherwise the last appearing option will be accepted
#
#dynamic_chain
#
# Dynamic - Each connection will be done via chained proxies
# all proxies chained in the order as they appear in the list
# at least one proxy must be online to play in chain
# (dead proxies are skipped)
# otherwise EINTR is returned to the app
#
strict_chain
#
# Strict - Each connection will be done via chained proxies
# all proxies chained in the order as they appear in the list
# all proxies must be online to play in chain
# otherwise EINTR is returned to the app
#
#random_chain
#
# Random - Each connection will be done via random proxy
# (or proxy chain, see chain_len) from the list.
# this option is good to test your IDS :)
# Make sense only if random_chain
#chain_len = 2
# Quiet mode (no output from library)
#quiet_mode
# Proxy DNS requests - no leak for DNS data
proxy_dns
# set the class A subnet number to usefor use of the internal remote DNS mapping
# we use the reserved 224.x.x.x range by default,
# if the proxified app does a DNS request, we will return an IP from that range.
# on further accesses to this ip we will send the saved DNS name to the proxy.
# in case some control-freak app checks the returned ip, and denies to
# connect, you can use another subnet, e.g. 10.x.x.x or 127.x.x.x.
# of course you should make sure that the proxified app does not need
# *real* access to this subnet.
# i.e. dont use the same subnet then in the localnet section
#remote_dns_subnet 127
#remote_dns_subnet 10
remote_dns_subnet 224
# Some timeouts in milliseconds
tcp_read_time_out 15000
tcp_connect_time_out 8000
# By default enable localnet for loopback address ranges
# RFC5735 Loopback address range
localnet 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0
# RFC1918 Private Address Ranges
# localnet 10.0.0.0/255.0.0.0
# localnet 172.16.0.0/255.240.0.0
# localnet 192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0
# Example for localnet exclusion
## Exclude connections to 192.168.1.0/24 with port 80
# localnet 192.168.1.0:80/255.255.255.0
## Exclude connections to 192.168.100.0/24
# localnet 192.168.100.0/255.255.255.0
## Exclude connections to ANYwhere with port 80
# localnet 0.0.0.0:80/0.0.0.0
# ProxyList format
# type host port [user pass]
# (values separated by 'tab' or 'blank')
#
#
# Examples:
#
# socks5 192.168.67.78 1080 lamer secret
# http 192.168.89.3 8080 justu hidden
# socks4 192.168.1.49 1080
# http 192.168.39.93 8080
#
#
# proxy types: http, socks4, socks5
# ( auth types supported: "basic"-http "user/pass"-socks )
#
[ProxyList]
# add proxy here ...
# meanwile
# defaults set to "tor"
socks5 127.0.0.1 3030
then run the meteor by adding proxychains4 in front, e.g.:
proxychains4 meteor add angularui:angular-ui-router