Npm-check-updates: TypeError: log.gauge.isEnabled is not a function

[ghost]

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• node version: 7.7.2

• npm version: 4.4.1
• npm-check-updates version: 2.10.3
  

  * Windows 10 x64

Sometimes I receive this (using ncu or ncu -g):

C:\Projects\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npmlog\log.js:57
log.progressEnabled = log.gauge.isEnabled()
                                ^

TypeError: log.gauge.isEnabled is not a function
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Projects\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npmlog\log.js:57:33)
    at Module._compile (module.js:571:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:488:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:447:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:439:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:498:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Projects\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\umask.js:2:14)
    at Module._compile (module.js:571:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:488:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:447:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:439:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:498:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)

[raineorshine]

Thanks for reporting! Do you ever get that error when running npm itself? It looks to be coming from npm.

[raineorshine]

If you could identify more specifically when this occurs that would be helpful as well! Thanks.

[claydiffrient]

I had this issue when I installed using: yarn global add npm-check-updates
The issue happened when I attempted to run ncu inside of a project directory.

I fixed the issue by uninstalling using: yarn global remove npm-check-updates and then reinstalling using yarn global add npm-check-updates --prefix /usr/local.

I'm not sure why that might have made a difference, but I'm up and running now.

[ghost]

@claydiffrient

That doesn't look to be an issue with ncu but with yarn not using npm's prefix config when installing bins from global cli tools (which is defaulted to /usr/local).

On the yarn issue tracker it looks like people use the --prefix option or just install global cli tools with npm.

[claydiffrient]

@eighty4 I agree it's not a ncu issue. I mostly just posted to make sure that anyone else that landed here knew a workaround :)

[ghost]

I'm not installing ncu with yarn as global tool (only with npm i -g) and still I'm having the problem...

[raineorshine]

@johnunclesam Thanks, I'd like to figure out the issue for you. I might need some more information first since I am not able to reproduce it. Do you experience this same problems with other global installs, or is it just ncu?

[chinesedfan]

I think it is an issue of yarn, please check yarn#3202.

[raineorshine]

Closing as it does not appear to be an ncu issue. Feel free to re-open if there is something that we should do. Thanks!

[vdh]

I'm pretty sure this is not actually Yarn's fault. It's because of the Npm dependency mentioned in #369, which causes an installation of a second local (and probably older) copy of Npm, which then conflicts with the main global one.

[danday74]

hit this today after doing a yarn add some other packages
fixed with rm-rf node_modules THEN yarn install

[EdwardCaine]

I fixed the issue by commenting out line 57 in /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/log.js
log.progressEnabled = log.gauge.isEnabled()

[DevinXian]

Just try to run yarn global add { any npm package }, works for me!