Apm: Error when browsing/installing packages

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Description

When opening the package installation tab or trying to install a package, I get an error.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open Atom
2. Go to Preferences -> Install
3. Observe error message

or

1. Open Atom
2. Go to Preferences -> Install
3. Try to install any package (such as TabNine or html-tab)

Expected behavior: A list of featured packages to show up, and packages to install.

Actual behavior: Get error: "Fetching featured packages failed."

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:718
  return process.dlopen(module, path.toNamespacedPath(filename));
                 ^

Error: /usr/lib/node_modules/atom-package-manager/node_modules/git-utils/build/Release/git.node: undefined symbol: _ZN2v811HandleScope12CreateHandleEPNS_8internal24NeverReadOnlySpaceObjectEPNS1_6ObjectE
    at Object.Module._extensions..node (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:718:18)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:599:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:538:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:530:3)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:22:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/atom-package-manager/node_modules/git-utils/lib/git.js:8:16)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/atom-package-manager/node_modules/git-utils/lib/git.js:371:4)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:689:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:700:10)

Reproduces how often: Every time I open the install tab or try to install a package.

Versions

$ uname -r
4.20.4-arch1-1-ARCH
$ atom --version
Atom    : 1.34.0
Electron: 3.1.3
Chrome  : 66.0.3359.181
Node    : 10.2.0
$ apm --version
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:718
  return process.dlopen(module, path.toNamespacedPath(filename));
                 ^

Error: /usr/lib/node_modules/atom-package-manager/node_modules/git-utils/build/Release/git.node: undefined symbol: _ZN2v811HandleScope12CreateHandleEPNS_8internal24NeverReadOnlySpaceObjectEPNS1_6ObjectE
    at Object.Module._extensions..node (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:718:18)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:599:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:538:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:530:3)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:22:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/atom-package-manager/node_modules/git-utils/lib/git.js:8:16)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/atom-package-manager/node_modules/git-utils/lib/git.js:371:4)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:689:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:700:10)

Additional Information

I tried safe mode, clear window state, removing my .atom configuration files, updating my software using pacman, and rebooting, but the issue persists.

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This was solved by installing using the official deb package (installed through https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/atom-editor-bin/).

$ atom --version
Atom    : 1.34.0
Electron: 2.0.16
Chrome  : 61.0.3163.100
Node    : 8.9.3
$ apm --version
apm  2.1.3
npm  6.2.0
node 8.9.3 x64
atom 1.34.0
python 2.7.15
git 2.20.1