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Running "npm" returns "Error: Cannot find module 'inherits'"

module.js:340
throw err;
      ^
Error: Cannot find module 'inherits'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
    at require (module.js:380:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npmconf/npmconf.js:3:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
Solution

  • After exhausting other possibilities (re-installing npm and various other nodejs packages), I finally tried the simple one. :-)

    sudo yum install nodejs-inherits*

    That worked for me.