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TypeError: Cannot read property 'node' of undefined

I am trying to install NPM.

First I ran

brew install node

then

curl -O https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh

then

~ % sh install.sh

this is what i get

tar=/usr/bin/tar
    version:
    bsdtar 2.8.3 - libarchive 2.8.3
    install npm@latest
    fetching: http://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-2.0.2.tgz

    /private/var/folders/92/2l_j234x7n7bys14466b4dcr0000gn/T/npm.12852/package/bin/read-package-json.js:18
          val = val[f]
                   ^
    TypeError: Cannot read property 'node' of undefined
        at /private/var/folders/92/2l_j234x7n7bys14466b4dcr0000gn/T/npm.12852/package/bin/read-package-json.js:18:16
        at Array.forEach (native)
        at /private/var/folders/92/2l_j234x7n7bys14466b4dcr0000gn/T/npm.12852/package/bin/read-package-json.js:17:11
        at Array.forEach (native)
        at /private/var/folders/92/2l_j234x7n7bys14466b4dcr0000gn/T/npm.12852/package/bin/read-package-json.js:14:22
        at /private/var/folders/92/2l_j234x7n7bys14466b4dcr0000gn/T/npm.12852/package/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:51:40
        at final (/private/var/folders/92/2l_j234x7n7bys14466b4dcr0000gn/T/npm.12852/package/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:349:17)
        at then (/private/var/folders/92/2l_j234x7n7bys14466b4dcr0000gn/T/npm.12852/package/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:126:33)
        at /private/var/folders/92/2l_j234x7n7bys14466b4dcr0000gn/T/npm.12852/package/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:266:40
        at evalmachine.<anonymous>:271:14
    0.10.32

    /private/var/folders/92/2l_j234x7n7bys14466b4dcr0000gn/T/npm.12852/package/bin/read-package-json.js:18
          val = val[f]
                   ^
    TypeError: Cannot read property 'node' of undefined
        at /private/var/folders/92/2l_j234x7n7bys14466b4dcr0000gn/T/npm.12852/package/bin/read-package-json.js:18:16
        at Array.forEach (native)
        at /private/var/folders/92/2l_j234x7n7bys14466b4dcr0000gn/T/npm.12852/package/bin/read-package-json.js:17:11
        at Array.forEach (native)
        at /private/var/folders/92/2l_j234x7n7bys14466b4dcr0000gn/T/npm.12852/package/bin/read-package-json.js:14:22
        at /private/var/folders/92/2l_j234x7n7bys14466b4dcr0000gn/T/npm.12852/package/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:51:40
        at final (/private/var/folders/92/2l_j234x7n7bys14466b4dcr0000gn/T/npm.12852/package/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:349:17)
        at then (/private/var/folders/92/2l_j234x7n7bys14466b4dcr0000gn/T/npm.12852/package/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:126:33)
        at /private/var/folders/92/2l_j234x7n7bys14466b4dcr0000gn/T/npm.12852/package/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:266:40
        at evalmachine.<anonymous>:271:14

    > npm@2.0.2 prepublish /private/var/folders/92/2l_j234x7n7bys14466b4dcr0000gn/T/npm.12852/package
    > node bin/npm-cli.js prune --prefix=. --no-global && rm -rf test/*/*/node_modules && make -j8 doc

    make: Nothing to be done for `doc'.
    /usr/local/bin/npm -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
    npm@2.0.2 /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
    It worked

I know he says it worked ... I'm just trying to figure out what the error message means. And see what I can do to fix this.

Any ideas?

Thanks for the help!

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While it looks like you've got it all figured out, I'd like to answer this question by suggesting the "official" (npm-supported) way to install npm on OSX:

  • do not use brew

    ;
  • install the "official" node binary from https://nodejs.org/download
  • install the latest version npm

    :sudo npm install -g npm@latest



If you install it this way, it's easier to get support for npm

tracking issues https://github.com/npm/npm

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