Can't install yeoman on Mountain Lion - node.js

I'm trying to install yeoman on Mountain Lion.
I've installed (and reinstall several times) node.js through mac package
I've installed bower and grunt successfully just in case
I've tried to make slinks of node to some bin folders just in case
And always get this error at the end when I try to install yoeman
....
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/debuglog/0.0.2
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/is
/usr/local/bin/yo -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/yo/cli.js
> yo#1.1.0 postinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/yo
> node scripts/doctor.js
sh: node: command not found
npm ERR! yo#1.1.0 postinstall: `node scripts/doctor.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 127
....
I doesn't make sense that node command not found, as can run it with or without sudo.
I noticed there's another similar post :
npm install -g yo command gives -> ERR! yo#1.1.0 postinstall: `node scripts/doctor.js`
But his error is slightly different, I've tried the solution proposed even though without success.
Any advice? Thanks!

Ok! I find a solution for my case.
Let me explain:
I've installed nodejs using the .tar archive and I build it in to the
mac 10.8.5.
Then I realized there is a package for this OS, I've
uninstalled the older version and I've installed the package version.
I think I've cleaned up everything from the previous installation.
Then I've installed bower, and grunt (not necessary as I've seen later)
Then the problem is when I do sudo npm install -g yo it gives me the error shown above.
After chage lots of things and versions, I've realized that the problem was the -g option (install globally) I couldn't figure out why this option is not working for this package (yo)
I did npm install yo as root user
Finally I've moved the new node modules to the usr/local/lib/node_modules forlder , then I've created the soft links of bower, grunt-cli and cli.js to /usr/local/bin as bower, grunt and yo
Hope it could help someone for this case or maybe someone could tell me what I've did wrong at first place.

I too had this problem but like you I went to this post first:
npm install -g yo command gives -> ERR! yo#1.1.0 postinstall: `node scripts/doctor.js`
and creating a symlink worked for me, although it needed tweaking to:
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/bin/node
NB prior to this I uninstalled the previous version of Node and re-installed to v0.10.24, however this didn't fix the problem with the global flag. Using the above symlink did.

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npm i not working? npm ERR! Unexpected token '.'

My npm install seems to have stopped working out of nowhere, regardless of if i do npm i or npm install I keep getting an error saying npm ERR! Unexpected token '.' The other npm commands seem to be working perfectly but I can't install any modules because of this error. I'm using npm 8.7.0 and node v14.18.1
The simplest solution I could find and what worked for me was completely removing and unisntalling everything to do with nodejs and npm from my laptop. I then reinstalled it back with no issues and am able to use the command now.
As mentioned in one of the answers, try deleting the node_modules folder and package.lock.json. Use
sudo npm install
And if that doesn't work, what I would suggest is that you use yarn. If you don't know what yarn is, it's just a package manager like node.
You can install yarn by using the following command:
npm install -g yarn
After this make sure all the node modules and package.lock.json is deleted. Now run the command
yarn install
Hopefully, this will fix your issue.

Error " ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE" when using npm install

I tried to create a new NodeJs project, when i ran "npm init" the package.json was created successfully but when I tried to run "npm install express" it showed "npm ERR! code ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE". I am not able to run npm install without getting this error.
I tried to install other packages, i tried sudo, and I removed npm/node and reinstalled nvm/node but it is still the same.
Thank you for your help !
npm install express
npm ERR! code ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE
npm ERR! The value of "err" is out of range. It must be a negative integer. Received 536870212
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /Users/me/.npm/_logs/2019-09-18T14_49_07_222Z-debug.log
The issue is a mismatch between your versions of Node and NPM.
This can occur when one is updated without the other.
To prevent these issues, use nvm to manage your Node version:
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.1/install.sh | bash
# Example: Selecting Node v13
# For complete list of available versions run `nvm ls-remote`
nvm install 13
nvm use 13
This will select matching versions of Node and NPM.
This error was caused by a the most recent version of node which was 12.10.0, when I installed and used the 10.16.0 version of node, the error was gone.
i ran into something very similar with react native - metro and it seems I just had to deactivate my firewall LULU.

React native keeps requesting react-native-cli to be installed globally

Here are the steps I did to set up my project:
$ git clone ssh:<project>
$ cd <project>
$ nvm install 5.0
$ nvm use 5.0
I then check my node version and it appears to be correct: v5.0.0.
$ npm install
$ npm install -g react-native-cli
This all seems to go according to plan, and locally, it gives me a tree with all the correct dependencies.
When I do npm list --depth=0 -g, I get expected results.
├── npm#3.3.6
└── react-native-cli#1.0.0
So I try to run the npm start script, which is react-native start. However, whenever I try to run it, I get the following basic error:
Looks like you installed react-native globally, maybe you meant react-native-cli?
To fix the issue, run:
npm uninstall -g react-native
npm install -g react-native-cli
I've tried just about everything I can think of, down to uninstalling node and nvm completely and starting from scratch.
What is the solution to this problem?
This upcoming error message is not very helpful. Besides your npm installation issue I found also an npm start doesn't work after upgrade to 0.15.0 bugfixing issue with the same error message.
First of all you should check the symbolic link shown after npm install:
$ npm install -g react-native-cli
/usr/local/bin/react-native -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/react-native-cli/index.js
Check if the linked file exists:
ls /usr/local/lib/node_modules/react-native-cli/index.js
If not, check your npm path settings with
npm config list
or directly in ~/.npmrc
In my case I had a wrong prefix in ~/.npmrc, which I've deleted completely. As the npm ERR! message shows after another npm install -g react-native-cli, it came up with:
npm ERR! Refusing to delete /usr/local/bin/react-native: ../lib/node_modules/react-native/local-cli/wrong-react-native.js symlink target is not controlled by npm /usr/local
npm ERR! File exists: /usr/local/bin/react-native
npm ERR! Move it away, and try again.
Look at the indicated 'wrong-react-native.js' filename at the end.
Delete that link, do a npm update and try npm install -g react-native-cli again.
Worked on MacOS X. npm installed with homebrew

NPM Install is not installing dependencies

I'm attempting to install the Ushahidi V3 Client. I've been following the install process up until when I need to build the project from the source repo using npm and gulp - both of which I've had zero experience with. Whenever I run sudo npm install in the project directory, the process runs without complaints. However, when I run npm ls to verify that dependencies have been downloaded, I get a bunch of dependencies listed out as being missing.
How do I get npm to resolve all of these dependencies?
System Details
OS Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty)
Node JS v0.12.9
NPM v3.5.1
What I've tried
Removing node_modules folder and re-running sudo npm install as referenced in this SO answer for a similar question: npm Gulp dependencies missing, even after running npm install
Uninstalling and reinstalling node and npm
#Strainy, as your research :D
It was a combination of running as sudo and not having the build-essentials.
That's why you should not use sudo npm
Follow these steps:
try npm uninstall. and then try npm install.
Also If it still doesn't work.
Try:
npm install -g npm-install-missing
or
npm-install-missing
For further reading, click here.

Getting npm: command not found. How do I reinstall NPM when Node is already installed? Where did NPM go?

I'm starting Learn to Build Modern Web Apps with the AngularJS Tutorial and running into issues very early.
I have node installed:
/path/ang-news node -v
v0.10.26
I was using NPM earlier but was running into trouble with Yeoman. I've repeated these steps a while back but Grunt stopped working so I started fresh.
I ran:
$ sudo npm install -g generator-angular
and all the dependencies were installing until I received:
npm WARN package.json mongo#0.1.0 No repository field.
npm ERR! peerinvalid The package generator-karma does not satisfy its siblings' peerDependencies requirements!
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer generator-angular#0.9.1 wants generator-karma#>=0.8.2
I then tried updating:
$ npm update -g
I should have run this as an administrator. I received tons of error messages, this seemed most pertinent:
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
npm ERR! System Darwin 13.1.0
npm ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "update" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd /path/ang-news
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.26
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.3
npm ERR! not ok code 0
Then I tried uninstalling generator-karma and starting fresh:
$ sudo npm uninstall -g generator-karma
but received:
sudo: npm: command not found
$ npm -v
-bash: /usr/local/bin/npm: No such file or directory
My first question is: Why did NPM suddenly disappear?
[EDIT: Kudos to #try-catch-finally to pointing out the havoc that ensues when switching between normal user and sudo when issuing commands. It turns out that I messed up my user environment and NPM was no longer installed.]
My understanding is that NPM is installed when you install Node, so my second question is: How do I reinstall just NPM? I'd prefer not to have to reinstall Node from the beginning.
[EDIT: Kudos to #hawk and #try-catch-finally - it doesn't appear that installing NPM alone is an option, but there are easy ways to reinstall both.]
If you have a working node, you can re-install npm
curl -L https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh
Unfortunately npm update -g does not do what anybody expects. Fixing this is on the npm roadmap, but it's going to take a while.
You almost never need to install a package globally, unless (like generator-angular or grunt-cli) you want to use that package as a command.
Just in case you've done this with brew, I recommend this article on github. Will save you a lot of time.
https://gist.github.com/DanHerbert/9520689
Fixing npm On Mac OS X for Homebrew Users
Run the following commands to remove all existing global npm modules, uninstall node & npm, re-install node with the right defaults, install npm as its own pacakge, and configure the location for global npm modules to be installed.
rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules
brew uninstall node
brew install node --without-npm
echo prefix=~/.node >> ~/.npmrc
curl -L https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh | sh
Node and npm should be correctly installed at this point. The final step is to add ~/.node/bin to your PATH so commands you install globally are usable. I added this line to my ~/.path script, which gets run via ~/.bash_profile. Run the following line as is.
export PATH="$HOME/.node/bin:$PATH"
I met the exactly same problem after execute command to install the npm with latest version on redhat 7.1:
npm install npm#latest -g
after some tries i found the solution:
yum reinstall npm
I hope this could help redhat/centos users.

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