npm ERR cb() never called

Solution 1:

If you have npm version 5 or above, try this first:

$ sudo npm cache verify

Otherwise:

$ sudo npm cache clean

My node and npm versions are:

$ node -v
v0.10.0

$ npm -v
1.2.14

https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/cache

Solution 2:

For anyone hitting this page around Sept 29th, 2013, there's a closed bug in Node.js 0.10.19 which is causing this error.

https://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues/2907#issuecomment-15215278 https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/6263#issuecomment-25113849

If you're on Heroku you should upgrade to 0.10.20

"engines": {
    "node": "0.10.20"
}

Solution 3:

Try

sudo npm cache clean --force

More info refer: https://reactgo.com/npm-err-cb-never-called/