Error: Cannot find module 'npmlog' - zsh

[AaronMcCloskey]

Operating system and version:

nvm debug output:

nvm --version: v0.35.3
$TERM_PROGRAM: vscode
$SHELL: /bin/zsh
$SHLVL: 1
${HOME}: /Users/aaron
${NVM_DIR}: '${HOME}/.nvm'
${PATH}: ${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v10.16.2/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:./node_modules/.bin:${HOME}/.npm/bin:/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/emulator:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/tools:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/tools/bin:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools:${HOME}/.rvm/bin::/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/emulator:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/tools:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/tools/bin:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools:${HOME}/.rvm/bin::/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/emulator:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/tools:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/tools/bin:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools:${HOME}/.rvm/bin::/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/emulator:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/tools:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/tools/bin:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools:${HOME}/.rvm/bin::/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/emulator:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/tools:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/tools/bin:${HOME}/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools:${HOME}/.rvm/bin
$PREFIX: ''
${NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX}: ''
$NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR: ''
$NVM_IOJS_ORG_MIRROR: ''
shell version: 'zsh 5.7.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin19.0)'
uname -a: 'Darwin 19.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 19.6.0: Thu Jun 18 20:49:00 PDT 2020; root:xnu-6153.141.1~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64'
OS version: Mac 10.15.6 19G2021
curl: /usr/bin/curl, curl 7.64.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin19.0) libcurl/7.64.1 (SecureTransport) LibreSSL/2.8.3 zlib/1.2.11 nghttp2/1.39.2
wget: not found
sed: /usr/bin/sed
cut: /usr/bin/cut
basename: /usr/bin/basename
rm: /bin/rm
mkdir: /bin/mkdir
xargs: /usr/bin/xargs
git: /usr/local/bin/git, git version 2.14.1
ls: grep:: No such file or directory
grep: grep: aliased to grep  --color=auto --exclude-dir={.bzr,CVS,.git,.hg,.svn} (grep --color=auto --exclude-dir={.bzr,CVS,.git,.hg,.svn}), grep (BSD grep) 2.5.1-FreeBSD
awk: /usr/bin/awk, awk version 20070501
nvm current: v10.16.2
which node: ${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v10.16.2/bin/node
which iojs: iojs not found
which npm: ${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v10.16.2/bin/npm
npm config get prefix: internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:638
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'npmlog'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:636:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:562:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:692:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18)
    at ${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v10.16.2/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js:22:13
    at Object.<anonymous> (${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v10.16.2/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js:152:3)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
npm root -g: internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:638
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'npmlog'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:636:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:562:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:692:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18)
    at ${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v10.16.2/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js:22:13
    at Object.<anonymous> (${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v10.16.2/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js:152:3)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)

nvm ls output:

->     v10.16.2
       v10.16.3
       v14.15.5
default -> 10.16.2 (-> v10.16.2)
node -> stable (-> v14.15.5) (default)
stable -> 14.15 (-> v14.15.5) (default)
iojs -> N/A (default)
unstable -> N/A (default)
lts/* -> lts/fermium (-> v14.15.5)
lts/argon -> v4.9.1 (-> N/A)
lts/boron -> v6.17.1 (-> N/A)
lts/carbon -> v8.17.0 (-> N/A)
lts/dubnium -> v10.23.3 (-> N/A)
lts/erbium -> v12.20.2 (-> N/A)
lts/fermium -> v14.15.5

How did you install nvm?

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.3/install.sh | bash

What steps did you perform?

Running

npm config delete prefix

returns

env: node: No such file or directory

Running

nvm use --delete-prefix v10.16.2 --silent

returns the Cannot find module 'npmlog' error

nvm current

v10.16.2

When I run

echo $PATH

I no longer see the nvm path to npm?

I used to see

/Users/{user}/.nvm/versions/node/v10.16.2/bin:

If I install a new version of node, it works, but when I close my terminal and reopen, I'm back to square one.

which node

returns

node not found

and

which npm

seems to not be targeting nvm

/Users/{user}/.npm/bin/npm

What happened?

Still getting the same error attempting to find npmlog module

What did you expect to happen?

No error message on all node/npm related commands

Is there anything in any of your profile files that modifies the PATH?

.zshrc

PATH="$HOME/.npm/bin:$PATH"
PATH="./node_modules/.bin:$PATH"
export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"
export VS_CODE_DEV_MODE=true
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.rvm/bin"

If you are having installation issues, or getting "N/A", what does curl -I --compressed -v https://nodejs.org/dist/ print out?

*   Trying 2606:4700:10::6814:172e...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connected to nodejs.org (2606:4700:10::6814:172e) port 443 (#0)
* ALPN, offering h2
* ALPN, offering http/1.1
* successfully set certificate verify locations:
*   CAfile: /etc/ssl/cert.pem
  CApath: none
* TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Client hello (1):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server hello (2):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Certificate (11):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server key exchange (12):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server finished (14):
* TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Client key exchange (16):
* TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS change cipher, Change cipher spec (1):
* TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS change cipher, Change cipher spec (1):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
* SSL connection using TLSv1.2 / ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305
* ALPN, server accepted to use h2
* Server certificate:
*  subject: OU=Domain Control Validated; OU=PositiveSSL Wildcard; CN=*.nodejs.org
*  start date: Oct 21 00:00:00 2019 GMT
*  expire date: Jan 18 23:59:59 2022 GMT
*  subjectAltName: host "nodejs.org" matched cert's "nodejs.org"
*  issuer: C=GB; ST=Greater Manchester; L=Salford; O=Sectigo Limited; CN=Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA
*  SSL certificate verify ok.
* Using HTTP2, server supports multi-use
* Connection state changed (HTTP/2 confirmed)
* Copying HTTP/2 data in stream buffer to connection buffer after upgrade: len=0
* Using Stream ID: 1 (easy handle 0x7fd7f9809600)
> HEAD /dist/ HTTP/2
> Host: nodejs.org
> User-Agent: curl/7.64.1
> Accept: */*
> Accept-Encoding: deflate, gzip
> 
* Connection state changed (MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS == 256)!
< HTTP/2 200 
HTTP/2 200 
< date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 12:26:47 GMT
date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 12:26:47 GMT
< content-type: text/html
content-type: text/html
< set-cookie: __cfduid=d75fc5c9edf777e37cb7e3217ddab85111613564807; expires=Fri, 19-Mar-21 12:26:47 GMT; path=/; domain=.nodejs.org; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax
set-cookie: __cfduid=d75fc5c9edf777e37cb7e3217ddab85111613564807; expires=Fri, 19-Mar-21 12:26:47 GMT; path=/; domain=.nodejs.org; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax
< cache-control: max-age=14400
cache-control: max-age=14400
< cf-cache-status: HIT
cf-cache-status: HIT
< age: 7359
age: 7359
< cf-request-id: 08518e1f7300002d2816a79000000001
cf-request-id: 08518e1f7300002d2816a79000000001
< expect-ct: max-age=604800, report-uri="https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct"
expect-ct: max-age=604800, report-uri="https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct"
< vary: Accept-Encoding
vary: Accept-Encoding
< server: cloudflare
server: cloudflare
< cf-ray: 622f7fabedf52d28-LHR
cf-ray: 622f7fabedf52d28-LHR
< content-encoding: gzip
content-encoding: gzip

< 
* Connection #0 to host nodejs.org left intact
* Closing connection 0

[Trott]

What happens if you install the latest version?

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.37.2/install.sh | bash

[ljharb]

The issue is that you have $HOME/.npm in your PATH. That directory is npm’s cache directory and should never be directly used by users.

[AaronMcCloskey]

The issue is that you have $HOME/.npm in your PATH. That directory is npm’s cache directory and should never be directly used by users.

I had removed that and ran

source ~/.zshrc

still had the same issues.

[AaronMcCloskey]

What happens if you install the latest version?

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.37.2/install.sh | bash

This seems to have worked for now.

However, I did also do the following #298 (comment)

[ljharb]

You shouldn't need --delete-prefix either - does it work without that?