This is an article written for specifying on how to update npm which is well-known as a Javascript Package Manager. Furthermore, it is actually a tool that can be considered as a tool specialized on dependency module required upon building on a web-based application.
Actually the event for updating npm utility triggered upon executing a command for installing a package called ‘jquery’ by typing the following command :
npm -i jquery
The above command executed in the following output :
user@hostname:/var/www/html/laravel$ npm -i jquery Usage: npm <command> where <command> is one of: access, adduser, bin, bugs, c, cache, completion, config, ddp, dedupe, deprecate, dist-tag, docs, doctor, edit, explore, get, help, help-search, i, init, install, install-test, it, link, list, ln, login, logout, ls, outdated, owner, pack, ping, prefix, prune, publish, rb, rebuild, repo, restart, root, run, run-script, s, se, search, set, shrinkwrap, star, stars, start, stop, t, team, test, tst, un, uninstall, unpublish, unstar, up, update, v, version, view, whoami npm <command> -h quick help on <command> npm -l display full usage info npm help <term> search for help on <term> npm help npm involved overview Specify configs in the ini-formatted file: /home/user/.npmrc or on the command line via: npm <command> --key value Config info can be viewed via: npm help config [email protected] /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm ╭─────────────────────────────────────╮ │ │ │Update available 5.4.2 → 5.5.1 │ │Run npm i -g npm to update │ │ │ ╰─────────────────────────────────────╯ user@hostname:/var/www/html/laravel$
The command is actually a false one since the output of the command is hinting the correct way for executing npm to install a module which in this context is JQuery. After the information given that an update is available, it has been decided to update the npm utility first before executing further operation.
Try to update the npm tool by executing the following command with the output generated :
user@hostname:/var/www/html/laravel$ npm i -g npm
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/abbrev
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/aproba
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-packlist
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/aws-sign2
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/har-validator/node_modules/ajv
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/har-validator/node_modules/har-schema
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/har-validator
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/hawk/node_modules/hoek
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/hawk/node_modules/boom
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/hawk/node_modules/cryptiles
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/hawk/node_modules/sntp
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/hawk
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/assert-plus
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/jsprim/node_modules/assert-plus
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/jsprim/node_modules/extsprintf
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/jsprim/node_modules/verror
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/jsprim
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/sshpk/node_modules/assert-plus
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/mime-types/node_modules/mime-db
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/mime-types
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/form-data
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/performance-now
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/qs
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/tough-cookie
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/rimraf
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/meant
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-client
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/har-validator/node_modules/ajv/node_modules
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/har-validator/node_modules
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/hawk/node_modules
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/jsprim/node_modules
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/sshpk/node_modules
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/mime-types/node_modules
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/abbrev
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall access
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/abbrev'
npm ERR! { Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/abbrev'
npm ERR! stack: 'Error: EACCES: permission denied, access \'/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/abbrev\'',
npm ERR! errno: -13,
npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR! syscall: 'access',
npm ERR! path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/abbrev' }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
╭─────────────────────────────────────╮
│ │
│ Update available 5.4.2 → 5.5.1 │
│ Run npm i -g npm to update │
│ │
╰─────────────────────────────────────╯
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/user/.npm/_logs/2017-10-31T04_22_09_034Z-debug.log
user@hostname:/var/www/html/laravel$
Based on the output above, the update process cannot be done using a normal user account. The update process need to be done in root account. So, as shown in the output below using root account try to update npm module :
root@hostname:/var/www/html/laravel# npm i -g npm /usr/local/bin/npm -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js /usr/local/bin/npx -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js + [email protected] added 52 packages, removed 2 packages and updated 29 packages in 18.042s root@hostname:/var/www/html/laravel#
As shown in the above output, the process for updating npm has already finished.
As for the previous failure command, to install module itself can be done by executing the following command :
npm install jquery
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