Node: Missing `github-url-from-git` from npm@3 in Node v5 RC1

Created on 27 Oct 2015  ·  36Comments  ·  Source: nodejs/node

If you have this issue, please run sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ and try installing again. ~Fishrock123

Just released v5.0.0 RC 1 and npm is borked:

$ npm i bl
npm ERR! Darwin 14.5.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "i" "bl"
npm ERR! node v5.0.0-rc.1
npm ERR! npm  v3.3.6
npm ERR! code MODULE_NOT_FOUND

npm ERR! Cannot find module 'github-url-from-git'
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /private/tmp/npm-debug.log

$ grep -R github-url-from-git /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/CHANGELOG.md:  `[email protected]`: add support for git+https and git+ssh
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/CHANGELOG.md:  `[email protected]`: add support for git+https and git+ssh
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/CHANGELOG.md:  `[email protected]` ([@isaacs](https://github.com/isaacs))
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/node_modules/normalize-package-data/lib/fixer.js:var parseGitHubURL = require("github-url-from-git")
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/node_modules/normalize-package-data/package.json:    "github-url-from-git": "^1.3.0",
$ find /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ -name github-url-from-git
$

/cc @iarna @Fishrock123

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sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ and reinstalling fixed for me, would love an explanation of why I might have been hit with this to know if this might be a general problem with v5.0.0 when goes out? perhaps a particular upgrade path (I'm experimenting with different options now)

picture rvagg on 27 Oct 2015
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So it doesn't exist? I.e not checked in? Can you check if it's in the source?

On Oct 26, 2015, at 9:47 PM, Rod Vagg [email protected] wrote:

Just released v5.0.0 RC 1 and npm is borked:

$ npm i bl
npm ERR! Darwin 14.5.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "i" "bl"
npm ERR! node v5.0.0-rc.1
npm ERR! npm v3.3.6
npm ERR! code MODULE_NOT_FOUND

npm ERR! Cannot find module 'github-url-from-git'
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR! https://github.com/npm/npm/issues

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /private/tmp/npm-debug.log
$ grep -R github-url-from-git /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/CHANGELOG.md: [email protected]: add support for git+https and git+ssh
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/CHANGELOG.md: [email protected]: add support for git+https and git+ssh
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/CHANGELOG.md: [email protected] (@isaacs)
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/node_modules/normalize-package-data/lib/fixer.js:var parseGitHubURL = require("github-url-from-git")
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/node_modules/normalize-package-data/package.json: "github-url-from-git": "^1.3.0",
$ find /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ -name github-url-from-git
$
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Fishrock123 picture Fishrock123 on 27 Oct 2015

in core

$ find deps/npm/ -name github-url-from-git
$

same as #3494 I suppose

rvagg picture rvagg on 27 Oct 2015

Is that even a dependency still?

evanlucas picture evanlucas on 27 Oct 2015

strange, RC1 works fine for me on OS X

evanlucas picture evanlucas on 27 Oct 2015

Is it possible to install it with nvm ? cc @ljharb

targos picture targos on 27 Oct 2015

@targos sadly I haven't yet had time to finish implementing it. Follow progress at https://github.com/creationix/nvm/issues/779

ljharb picture ljharb on 27 Oct 2015

That module isn't used by npm@3 _at all_ (it was supplanted by the more general hosted-git-info).... 

🕐  rebecca@Caldina:~/code/release/node$ [master] git rev-parse master
29da8cf8d7ab8f66b9091ab22664067d4468461e
🕐  rebecca@Caldina:~/code/release/node$ [master] grep -R github-url-from-git deps/npm
deps/npm/CHANGELOG.md:  `[email protected]`: add support for git+https and git+ssh
deps/npm/CHANGELOG.md:  `[email protected]`: add support for git+https and git+ssh
deps/npm/CHANGELOG.md:  `[email protected]` ([@isaacs](https://github.com/isaacs))
🕐  rebecca@Caldina:~/code/release/node$ [master]

I'd love to know what module your npm-debug.log says was trying to load it.

iarna picture iarna on 27 Oct 2015

(#3494 is caused by node's .gitignore including super broad patterns that include files required by npm, so definitely not related.)

iarna picture iarna on 27 Oct 2015

I am unable to reproduce on windows with a basic setup, and it also seems to work fine for @evanlucas.

@rvagg I think this is on your end.

Fishrock123 picture Fishrock123 on 27 Oct 2015

I am also unable to reproduce on OSX

targos picture targos on 27 Oct 2015

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ and reinstalling fixed for me, would love an explanation of why I might have been hit with this to know if this might be a general problem with v5.0.0 when goes out? perhaps a particular upgrade path (I'm experimenting with different options now)

rvagg picture rvagg on 27 Oct 2015
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Maybe related to https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3606

Fishrock123 picture Fishrock123 on 2 Nov 2015

I still get this with npm 5.0.0 (not rc) on Windows. Might be some installation issue with the upgrade. I also have moved my npm folder to /dev/npm instead of {APPDATA}/npm and updated npmrc.

jbergens picture jbergens on 12 Nov 2015

Hi,

Just install Node.js v5.0.0 with npm 3.3.6 on Windows over an existing v0.12.x and I had the same issue.

It seems that some old dependencies remain on the machine (the old folder nodejs/npm isn't removed) on installation.

Removing everything fixed the problem for me.

Thanks

chrilith picture chrilith on 12 Nov 2015
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Same for me @chrilith.

  • Uninstall
  • Manually delete residual Program Files/Nodejs folder
  • Reinstall

Problem gone.
Thanks

GregWoods picture GregWoods on 13 Nov 2015
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A colleague on OS X installed the Node.js 4.2.2 LTS, then installed/upgraded to the Node.js 5.1.0 stable (using the .pkg files from the official website). We ended up with the issue reported here, and had to manually uninstall Node.js and reinstall 5.1.0 in order to fix things. Just FYI.

jokeyrhyme picture jokeyrhyme on 19 Nov 2015

Same problem here...Had to delete node_modules in usr/local/lib/ to fix things

krisgnyc picture krisgnyc on 7 Dec 2015
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Again, same issue for me on OS X. But oddly I did not experience this issue on Windows 7.

kruncher picture kruncher on 10 Dec 2015

Had a same troubles on Windows 7 x64

npm info using [email protected]
npm info using [email protected]

Download zip and install to
Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\
two npm packages:
https://github.com/tj/node-github-url-from-git
https://github.com/robertkowalski/github-url-from-username-repo

And npm go to work, may be it will useful for somebody

surger picture surger on 19 Dec 2015
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Thank you @surger. Worked for us.

Joeldk picture Joeldk on 28 Dec 2015

@chrilith thanks for your comment, just hit this issue and indeed it was residual files under the "Program Files/nodejs" directory causing the issue.

flouc001 picture flouc001 on 8 Feb 2016

@GregWoods That worked, thanks.

Jameskmonger picture Jameskmonger on 17 Feb 2016

How can I resolve the same problem ???

emazzu picture emazzu on 18 Feb 2016

@Jameskmonger How did you resolve ?

emazzu picture emazzu on 18 Feb 2016

@emazzu

Uninstall
Delete Program Files\NodeJS
Reinstall

Jameskmonger picture Jameskmonger on 18 Feb 2016
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This issue still exists when upgrading from Node v4 LTS to Node v5.9.1.

feross picture feross on 24 Mar 2016

@feross I think we should be potentially wiping /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm or the windows equivalent in the installer...

MylesBorins picture MylesBorins on 24 Mar 2016

@TheAlphaNerd I agree, if you wipe the bundled npm from the previous version before installing there won't be problems.

iarna picture iarna on 26 Mar 2016

Doing what @rvagg stated resolved it for me without any issues.

kirkbushell picture kirkbushell on 31 Mar 2016

Currently using 5.0.0 installed via NVM on OSX, I tried deleting node_modules and the one in /usr/lib and reinstalling node, nothing appears to work..

"normalizr": "git://github.com/gaearon/normalizr.git#master",

Error: Cannot resolve module 'normalizr'

Any ideas? Maybe i've done this the wrong way or i'm missing something obvious.

jnatherley picture jnatherley on 7 Apr 2016

Just installed Node 6.2.0 current on Mac OS X:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/local/bin/node', '/usr/local/bin/npm', 'install' ]
2 info using [email protected]
3 info using [email protected]
4 verbose stack Error: Cannot find module 'github-url-from-git'
4 verbose stack     at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:440:15)
4 verbose stack     at Function.Module._load (module.js:388:25)
4 verbose stack     at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
4 verbose stack     at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
4 verbose stack     at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/node_modules/normalize-package-data/lib/fixer.js:2:22)
4 verbose stack     at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
4 verbose stack     at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
4 verbose stack     at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
4 verbose stack     at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
4 verbose stack     at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)
5 verbose cwd /Users/stevenbeeckman/Documents/startupbus/code/busdaq
6 error Darwin 14.5.0
7 error argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
8 error node v6.2.0
9 error npm  v3.8.9
10 error code MODULE_NOT_FOUND
11 error Cannot find module 'github-url-from-git'
12 error If you need help, you may report this error at:
12 error     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>
13 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Will try to sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm and reinstall node.

* Update *

Running sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm and then running the Node.js installer again solves this problem.

stevenbeeckman picture stevenbeeckman on 24 May 2016
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Thank you @stevenbeeckman

Running sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm and then running the Node.js installer again solves this problem.

works

angry-birdman picture angry-birdman on 1 Jun 2016
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@GregWoods thanks the below worked for me..
Uninstall
Manually delete residual Program Files/Nodejs folder
Reinstall

luckynkala picture luckynkala on 3 Nov 2016

For me npm clean cache did the trick

praveen262k picture praveen262k on 28 Dec 2016

See npm/npm#14026 which is the same as this. IMO this bug should be reopened as this is really a Node installer issue, surely (it should remove any existing files before writing new ones).

herebebeasties picture herebebeasties on 20 Apr 2017

This is still an issue with v6.11.1 on Mac OSX. I get the "Cannot find module 'github-url-from-git'" error when attempting to do anything with NPM.

I removed /usr/local/lib/npm and ran the installer again, which fixed it. I second re-opening this issue. I was able to solve it quickly (with the help of people here) but there's clearly an issue with the installer.

jcicero518 picture jcicero518 on 1 Aug 2017
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