Firebase-tools: Installation issue (enoversions)

[nimonian]

Version info

Not installed

Steps to reproduce

Install Node.js, npm and run npm i -g firebase-tools

Expected behavior

firebase-tools is installed

Actual behavior

Installation fails with the message npm ERR! No valid versions available for timed-out

Other information

I haven't checked the logs because I don't know what to look for. Maybe someone who knows better can direct me. I updated Node.js and npm shortly before attempting. I'm on Windows. The whole message from the console is

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: timed-out@^4.0.1 (node_modules\firebase-tools\node_modules\got\node_modules\timed-out):
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: No valid versions available for timed-out
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: duplexer3@^0.1.4 (node_modules\firebase-tools\node_modules\got\node_modules\duplexer3):
npm WARN 404 SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Not Found: duplexer3@^0.1.4

npm ERR! code ENOVERSIONS
npm ERR! No valid versions available for timed-out

[githubsaturn]

Someone reported this issue for my package as well. Did some digging and turned out to be a problem with update-notifier package. Simply running npm i update-notifier fails.

[twiedow]

I get the same error. When searching in the npm registry there is no such module. But I have no idea if there is actually a dependency on a module with such name. npm-remote-ls does not list a dependency with such name.

[jwiesmann]

I am having exactly the same issue..
Updated to node v8.9.4 and npm 5.6.0 did not help.
Here the relevant logs from npm

1428 warn optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: timed-out@^4.0.1 (node_modules/firebase-tools/node_modules/got/node_modules/timed-out):
1429 warn optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: No valid versions available for timed-out
1430 verbose type range
1431 verbose stack timed-out: No valid versions available for timed-out

[terrybleger]

I think the author/maintainer for timed-out was already dead. Please fix this asap.

[githubsaturn]

Turned out npm is down!
https://status.npmjs.org/

[terrybleger]

Then we should kill whoever that made npm down.

[nimonian]

Looks like this was just a case of bad timing! The npm status says there are a few more packages left to restore. I'll confirm when I have it working so the issue can be closed. (I'm now failing on pinkie-promise which either means that one has now disappeared or timed-out has reappeared.)

[krupper]

floatdrop/pinkie-promise#4

[krupper]

The problem is solved! :D @nimonian

[nimonian]

Yes indeed! @krupper Another mystery solved. firebase-tools is now installed and working. Thanks everyone.