error while installing gruntjs (node.js/npm package) - node.js

I'm trying to install grunt.js. As the official docs says, I should run
npm install -g grunt-cli
as root (I'm using ubuntu linux). I'm trying - and I get the following error:
$ sudo npm install -g grunt-cli
npm ERR! sudon't!
npm ERR! sudon't! Running npm as root is not recommended!
npm ERR! sudon't! Seriously, don't do this!
npm ERR! sudon't!
npm ERR! couldn't read package.json in .
npm ERR! Error installing .
npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, No such file or directory 'package.json'
npm ERR! Report this *entire* log at <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to <npm-#googlegroups.com>
npm ERR! Just tweeting a tiny part of the error will not be helpful.
npm not ok
Can someone please explain:
[1] why npm says `sudon't` and grunt docs says `do sudo`? And what is it all about?
[2] I want to install the grunt as a tool. Why does the message complains about missing package.json which is project-dependent (and I don't want to run grunt on any project, I want to install it globally first)?
[3] what can I do to make it install successfully?

The solution was quite tricky... I'm using ubuntu oneiric ocelot, which was still maintained one week ago (it's not that old). I installed node.js through default ubuntu packages and it turned out to be the problem - I got 0.4.9 version installed, which seems to be old, odd and strange (I had no experience with node.js before). I removed it and followed instructions from https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager - added remote package repository and installed node.js from there. Now I've got a shiny 0.10.5 with sudo npm install working perfectly fine with no complaints.

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Installing dependencies with npm-peer-dependencies

I am trying to install the required node_modules for a small project running Angular 11 using npm install
My goal is get the project to work locally after downloading it from GitHub. I have already installed the latest version of the Angular CLI.
After running the install command I tried npm start.
I was expecting that after running the install and start command to be able to run the project locally.
However the actual result I get after running the install command is the following list of errors:
> ng serve
An unhandled exception occurred: Cannot find module '#angular/compiler'
Require stack:
\node_modules\#angular\compiler-cli\index.js
\node_modules\#ngtools\webpack\src\angular_compiler_plugin.js
\node_modules\#ngtools\webpack\src\index.js
\node_modules\#angular-devkit\build-angular\src\webpack\configs\typescript.js
\node_modules\#angular-devkit\build-angular\src\webpack\configs\index.js
\node_modules\#angular-devkit\build-angular\src\browser\index.js
\node_modules\#angular-devkit\build-angular\src\dev-server\index.js
\node_modules\#angular-devkit\architect\node\node-modules-architect-host.js
\node_modules\#angular-devkit\architect\node\index.js
\node_modules\#angular\cli\models\architect-command.js
\node_modules\#angular\cli\commands\serve-impl.js
\node_modules\#angular-devkit\schematics\tools\export-ref.js
\node_modules\#angular-devkit\schematics\tools\index.js
\node_modules\#angular\cli\utilities\json-schema.js
\node_modules\#angular\cli\models\command-runner.js
\node_modules\#angular\cli\lib\cli\index.js
\node_modules\#angular\cli\lib\init.js
\node_modules\#angular\cli\bin\ng
See "angular-errors.log" for further details.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! syscall spawn
npm ERR! file C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! `ng serve`
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the #0.0.16 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
The problem is that this Angular project also has peer dependencies. I installed npm-install-peers package but it seems that simply running npm install afterwards will not install the required peer dependencies.
What should I do next to get this Angular project installed locally ?
The issue you are facing is likely because angular cli or npm-peer-dependencies are not installed globally on your machine.
The steps that you should take are to make sure of them are globally installed.
To install packages globally you need run npm install -g <package_name>
npm docs link
In your case for angular cli you should run
npm i -g #angular/cli#11.2.15 and npm install -g npm-peer-dependencies.
Then run npm start.

npm ERR! cb.apply is not a function (Elementary OS)

I am very new to react native and nodejs . Today I installed nodejs on my Elementary Os and installed npm and npx. Now when I try to run npx create-react-app myApp i am getting the following error :
npm ERR! cb.apply is not a function npm ERR! A complete log of this
run can be found in: npm ERR!
/home/user/.npm/_logs/2021-04-29T08_55_29_599Z-debug.log Install for [
'create-react-project#latest' ] failed with code 1
I found some answers on stack overflow but they didn't solve this. Any help would be much appreciated.
npx version:10.2.2
npm version: 7.10.0
node version :16.0.0
I finally solved the error and i am going to keep this thread open if anyone else faces the same problem.
By default, npm installs packages in the local node_modules/ directory. Since npm i npm is shorthand for npm install npm, it will install the latest version of npm locally.
However, when run npm in a shell, the shell picks up the npm in your $PATH, which is probably the global installation.
To update the global installation of npm, run:
npm install --global npm

unable to install firebase tools cli using windows 10

Hi i unable to install the firebase tools via commandline in the windows
im using this below command
npm install -g firebase-tools
after entering this command i m getting this below error
npm ERR! path C:\Users\data\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\firebase-tools\node_modules
npm ERR! code ELOOP
npm ERR! errno -4067
npm ERR! syscall mkdir
npm ERR! ELOOP: too many symbolic links encountered, mkdir 'C:\Users\data\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\firebase-tools\node_modules'
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\data\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2018-01-20T13_22_41_404Z-debug.log
Latest version seems to have a problem.
Try installing one previous version:
npm i -g firebase-tools#v3.17.2
UPDATE:
Before doing so, it might be better to uninstall faulty one:
npm uninstall -g firebase-tools
also make sure you have windows-build-tools installed (though I have it on my machines, error you share doesn't really seem to be related to this)
npm --add-python-to-path='true' --debug install --global windows-build-tools
UPDATE 2
I've updated my Node & NPM versions and then to latest Firebase Tools.
Still getting WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1 error, but since it's a warning, I've decided to give it a try. So far no problems.
UPDATE 3
windows-build-tools package got an update yesterday so I installed it with hope it solves problems installing latest version of firebase-tools. It did not, same errors occur.
Actually you can try installing the
npm i -g firebase-tools#v3.16.0 version and try to install the
npm install windows-build-tools**in your local folder and after that install
**npm install node-gyp in your local folder and before doing all these try to disable your antivirus
npm ERR! code E404 npm ERR! 404 Not Found - GET https://registry.npmjs.org/#google-cloud%2fpubsub/firebase-tools/firebase-tools npm ERR! 404 npm ERR! 404 'firebase-tools#latest' is not in the npm registry. npm ERR! 404 You should bug the author to publish it (or use the name yourself!) npm ERR! 404 npm ERR! 404 Note that you can also install from a npm ERR! 404 tarball, folder, http url, or git url. npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! C:\Users\jsmma\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-05-02T14_58_23_615Z-debug.log

NPM Install Error - Node-Pre-Gyp

When I try to run npm-install I get:
npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.3.9600 npm ERR! argv "C:\Program Files
(x86)\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files (x8
6)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" npm ERR!
node v4.0.0 npm ERR! npm v2.14.2 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! v8-debug#0.4.6 install: node-pre-gyp install
--fallback-to-build npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the v8-debug#0.4.6 install script 'node-pre-gyp install --fal
lback-to-build'. npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the
v8-debug package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the
author that this fails on your system: npm ERR! node-pre-gyp
install --fallback-to-build npm ERR! You can get their info via: npm
ERR! npm owner ls v8-debug npm ERR! There is likely additional
logging output above.
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! C:_Src\Personal\rzaleski\ILikeThis\npm-debug.log
I tried a number of things (installing VS C++ redistrib, npm install --msvs_version=2013, etc). Nothing seems to work.
Do you have any ideas how I can find out the actual error (the log is a bit daunting).
UPDATE: What I ended up doing was reverting from Node v4.0.0 to NODE v0.12. This is not really a fix to the issue, but it got me around my issues.
Go to: (http://www.devdocs.io) look # the npm section. Must use desktop, must use windows if possible (Mac layout is weird for some reason) Follow the steps detailed for "resetting npm cache"
Node-gyp is a P.I.T.A. and often blows up installs among other things. I have a horrible time with it every time I come back to an environment I haven't used in a while and try to use it again.
Alternatively, you can uninstall node, and attempt to reinstall using chocolatey if you're on windows or brew if you're on a mac. Make sure you sudo commands when installing to mac.
You're most likely going to have to clean out the npm cache, possibly reinstall nodejs, and possibly reinstall node-gyp.
NOTE: Before you go about the above mentioned steps, first make sure that your configurations are compatible, including your python version for node-gyp. (https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-gyp) Also, I have solved the C++ redistributable issues several times without touching anything C++ related, just so you know this error is not indicative of C++, but rather local settings and compatible software versions that interact with node + npm NOT C++ related (for instance, your python version interacting with node-gyp)
There is no straightforward "run this and that" to fix, you kind of have to muddle through it, and I can promise you that you'll have to do it more than once. But the more you fix node + npm + node-gyp, the more able you will be to quickly remedy all issues in the future. The links above should sort you out no problem though. Just walk through them slowly and thoroughly as instructed.
All i did is uninstall node and install it again, and during the installation, check the box telling you to install the needed dependencies and complete your installation.
If it persists, locate the package that is causing this error and install it seperately.
Example:
npm install -g node-gyp
npm install bcrypt

NodeJS "npm update -g npm" fails with "Error: Refusing to delete" (Installed via package, NOT homebrew)

While trying to fix a JPG compatibility issue, I'm running into the following error when trying to update npm on my Mac OSX (Yosemite). Note that I did not install via homebrew, instead via the official package. (I'm using version 0.10.37 to counteract yet another NPM package issue).
Here are the steps I take:
brew uninstall node and brew uninstall npm to be triple-sure Node is not present on my system via Homebrew. The output is as expected, Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/node
Download the package from http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.37/ and install it.
node -v to verify that Node is installed.
npm update -g npm
And here's the output from that last command:
$ npm update -g npm
npm ERR! Refusing to delete: /usr/local/share/man/man3/npm-bin.3 not in /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
File exists: /usr/local/share/man/man3/npm-bin.3
Move it away, and try again.
npm ERR! System Darwin 14.1.0
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "update" "-g" "npm"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/topher
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.37
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.28
npm ERR! path /usr/local/share/man/man3/npm-bin.3
npm ERR! code EEXIST
npm ERR! error rolling back Error: Refusing to delete: /usr/local/share/man/man3/npm-bin.3 not in /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm ERR! error rolling back at clobberFail (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/gently-rm.js:57:12)
npm ERR! error rolling back at next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/gently-rm.js:43:14)
npm ERR! error rolling back at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/gently-rm.js:52:12
npm ERR! error rolling back at Object.oncomplete (evalmachine.<anonymous>:108:15)
npm ERR! error rolling back { [Error: Refusing to delete: /usr/local/share/man/man3/npm-bin.3 not in /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm] code: 'EEXIST', path: '/usr/local/share/man/man3/npm-bin.3' }
npm ERR! not ok code 0
When I delete the above mentioned file and try again, I get another error because the npm command no longer exists. It looks like the update partially succeeded in that the npm command was deleted:
$ npm
-bash: /usr/local/bin/npm: No such file or directory
When I search for this "Refusing to delete" error, I see tons of advice for how to fix a botched Homebrew install (plus some unnecessarily condescending instructions on how to remove the Homebrew package. But I'm not installing the package via homebrew; the advice I'm finding there doesn't seem relevant in my case.
How should I go about troubleshooting this? Anyone else know of / have this problem / can think of a quick fix?
Thanks in advance!
This isn't a complete answer, but just to follow up I found a way to work around this issue.
My ultimate need was to get node running with the package resemble installed. Resemble relies on cairo, which was installed via homebrew; it seems that this was my first mistake. Because Cairo was apparently improperly installed, a couple packages were missing; this forced me to use one workaround that triggered other errors and required other workarounds... and so forth.
When I removed the Cairo homebrew package and instead built Cairo from source (using this guide), several other errors I was having just melted away.
So the lesson I'm learning is: Don't use Homebrew for anything finnicky, or for any dependencies of anything finnicky.
I solve it by this:
rm /usr/bin/npm
/usr/lib64/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js install npm -g
npm -v # success !

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