After $npm install, Getting Error: Cannot find module '../lib/utils/unsupported.js'

Question

I just came back to work on a React project after working in the Rails environment and found that I cannot run any NPM commands in my Mac terminal. I've tried all the remedies that I have come across but none have worked. The bigger issue is what caused this and how can I avoid it again.

Here is the error. What do I need to do? Please help.

$npm install            

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:550
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module '../lib/utils/unsupported.js'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:548:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:475:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:598:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:11:18)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js:19:21
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js:92:3)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:654:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:665:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:566:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:506:12)

I have tried the following:

$brew update
$brew uninstall node
$brew install node

After which the following commands come up as so when $which npm was unknown command before:

$which npm
/usr/local/bin/npm

$which node
/usr/local/bin/node

I even tried running:

/usr/local/bin/npm -v

but get the same error as above while

/usr/local/bin/node -v
v9.11.1

works fine.

added the following to my .zshrc file:

export PATH=/usr/local/bin/node:$PATH
export PATH=/usr/local/bin/npm:$PATH

I have also tried:

$brew uninstall --force node
$brew link --overwrite node 
Warning: Already linked: /usr/local/Cellar/node/9.11.1
To relink: brew unlink node && brew link node

$rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm    

then,

$node install

but that does not work, either.

$echo $NODE_PATH

does come up empty, so I may need to added the following to my .bashrc.

export PATH="/usr/local/bin/npm:/usr/local/bin/node:/usr/local/bin:$PATH" 

That does not work either.

Solution 1

1. Uninstall node brew uninstall --force node
2. Remove the /usr/local/lib/node_modules folder
3. Install it again brew install node

Solution 2

Assume this happens on MacOS, below solution works for me.

1. brew uninstall --force node
2. Visit https://nodejs.org/en/ and download the LTS version and install, the error was gone

Solution 3

This happened to me after installing yarn.

in a terminal:

brew uninstall --force --ignore-dependencies node
brew install node

if you have trouble symlinking node, in the same terminal:

sudo chown -R `whoami`:admin /usr/local/include
sudo chown -R `whoami`:admin /usr/local/bin
sudo chown -R `whoami`:admin /usr/local/share
sudo chown -R `whoami`:admin /usr/local/lib
brew link --overwrite node

Check that your re-installation worked by typing the following in the terminal:

node -v

Solution 4

I had an issue after upgrade my mac. I tried different solutions available on stack overflow and nothing work for me.

This solution works for me.

1. Uninstall node all version brew uninstall --force node
2. Install it again by this brew install node

First point remove all node versions if available.

Done. Enjoy coding.

Solution 5

Remove all file from following folder

A)C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\npm

B)C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache

and install node again

then execute command "npm install -g @angular/cli"

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