NPM : Cannot find module 'node-gyp/bin/node-gyp'

Question

I'm using NPM under my ubuntu 14.04 and node 8.0.0 .

I have upgraded my npm from 5.2.0 to 5.6.0

but after that all npm commands are failing , indicating a problem of :

node-gyp/bin/node-gyp

The complete log is the following :

npm ERR! code MODULE_NOT_FOUND
npm ERR! Cannot find module 'node-gyp/bin/node-gyp'

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/khalidvm/.npm/_logs/2018-01-12T15_02_35_338Z-debug.log
khalidvm@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ gedit /home/khalidvm/.npm/_logs/2018-01-12T15_02_35_338Z-debug.log
^C
khalidvm@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo npm uninstall npm -g
npm ERR! code MODULE_NOT_FOUND
npm ERR! Cannot find module 'node-gyp/bin/node-gyp'

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/khalidvm/.npm/_logs/2018-01-12T15_05_25_322Z-debug.log

I'm afraid that I'm not able to use npm , even uninstalling it, throws that same error.

I m having the same problem. How did you solve this? – Manish Gautam Mar 05 '18 at 02:05 — Manish Gautam, Mar 05 '18 at 02:05
@ManeeshGautam , i ve resistalled the whole node.js and npm – firasKoubaa Mar 05 '18 at 09:24 — firasKoubaa, Mar 05 '18 at 09:24

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 12 '18 at 21:19

If you're running the default installation of node on Ubuntu 14.04, the package should be out of date (I believe it's a 0.xx version) and be the source of your problems. You can fix that by looking here: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/#debian-and-ubuntu-based-linux-distributions

Working with an up-to-date distribution of node, I had the same problem with node-gyp. It turned out that I had a ghost installation under /usr/local. That was ghosting my node executable.

After deleting it by running:

  sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/node-gyp 
  sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm
  sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npx
  sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/

and cleaning node files in my home directory, for precaution:

  rm -rf ~/.node-gyp/
  rm -rf ~/.npm/

I uninstalled the current node installation, and reinstalled:

sudo apt-get remove --purge nodejs
sudo apt-get install nodejs

Thx @spac, I had the same problem, this is the only solution that worked for me ! I had a lot of trouble debugging and this answer saved me a lot of trouble ! — Makoto, Nov 21 '18 at 13:11

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 23 '19 at 11:11

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For me (Arch Linux) it was enough to install node-gyp via pacman:

sudo pacman -Sy node-gyp

For Arch see: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/node-gyp/

sudo apt-get install node-gyp

For Ubuntu see: https://packages.ubuntu.com/de/trusty/web/node-gyp

edited Feb 23 '19 at 11:11

Zoe

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answered Feb 23 '19 at 09:53

Code NKasch

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 24 '20 at 13:49

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Also on Arch Linux, for me, it worked when removed nodejs and dependencies and reinstall node and npm.

sudo pacman -Rcns nodejs
sudo pacman -S nodejs
sudo pacman -S npm

extra good stuff here.

answered Feb 24 '20 at 13:49

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NPM : Cannot find module 'node-gyp/bin/node-gyp'

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