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How to install node packages in ubuntu server with IPv6 only

I'm trying to install typescript on an Ubuntu server where only IPv6 address space is available.

I'm getting error as follows. Any help?

:/home/dev/.nvm# npm install --global typescript
npm ERR! code ENOTFOUND
npm ERR! errno ENOTFOUND
npm ERR! network request to https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript failed, reason: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND registry.npmjs.org registry.npmjs.org:443
npm ERR! network This is a problem related to network connectivity.
npm ERR! network In most cases you are behind a proxy or have bad network settings.
npm ERR! network
npm ERR! network If you are behind a proxy, please make sure that the
npm ERR! network 'proxy' config is set properly.  See: 'npm help config'

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2017-11-01T19_15_39_294Z-debug.log

The error of this network connectivity happens with many packages and even github. I installed nvm in a slightly different way by setting the codebase in bitbucket.

I tried to install npm and n to setup typescript using n. That failed and I started using nvm as alternative. PFB the logs when trying to install n.

    :~# sudo npm install -g n
npm ERR! Linux 4.4.0-98-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "n"
npm ERR! node v4.2.6
npm ERR! npm  v3.5.2
npm ERR! code ENETUNREACH
npm ERR! errno ENETUNREACH
npm ERR! syscall connect

npm ERR! connect ENETUNREACH ::ffff:151.101.208.162:80 - Local (:::0)
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /root/npm-debug.log

I just need some way to get it installed but no luck! I strongly believe it is IPv6 issue and looking for work around.

Btw, my ubuuntu server is 16.04.3 LTS. I have installed it successfully on IPv4 servers running on Ubuntu 16.10 and 17.04 version and here in Production, I'm locked!

Solution

  • I got that working after a change in registry. Could be a network problem that I faced on server OR the IPv6 only issue. Anyway the change in registry worked perfect.

    sudo npm --registry http://registry.node-modules.io/ install n -g

    After all the link below guided me to the answer. Node-modules.io

    Hope this will help somebody for the future reference! Thanks for @Kalana Demel for the help to reach me to the answer.