npm ERR! Error: connect ECONNREFUSED when trying to update the npm
Solution 1:
Try:
npm config set proxy null
npm config set https-proxy null
npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/
The first two lines will remove proxy's if there any.
Third line will make npm download from the official package registry.
Solution 2:
If you are behind a proxy, please make sure that the npm ERR! 'proxy' config is set properly. See: 'npm help config'
See:
- https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/config
More info:
- How to setup Node.js and Npm behind a corporate web proxy
Solution 3:
I got a similar error when I was using Node JS behind a proxy server. Here's what I had to do to fix it:
npm config set proxy http://jdoe:[email protected]:8080
npm config set https-proxy http://jdoe:[email protected]:8080
Just replace "jdoe" and "password123" with your own credentials to access the proxy server. Everything after the @ is the server domain name, or you can enter the exact IP address too. In my case, both addresses were HTTP (not HTTPS).
To confirm the changes, you can type:
npm config list
and your settings should be listed.
You can get the proxy settings (address) from your browser too.
Solution 4:
I have been trying to fix this issue by
npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/
npm config set proxy http://myproxyblabla:myport
npm config set https-proxy http://myproxyblabla:myport
But it didn't help. The only one solution which worked for me is adding additional fields to host file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts)
151.101.36.162 registry.npmjs.com
151.101.36.162 registry.npmjs.org
This allowes npm to resolve address to server from which it will download needed files. You can get familiar with closed issue on npm repository where this solution is approved by npm contributors.
Solution 5:
May be this will help someone in need. I turned to this solution after wasting good 2 hours as my corporate proxy server on work laptop was not getting resolved..!
I removed both proxy and https-proxy from .npmrc file and set only
npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/
Then, I am able to successfully run npm install -g create-react-app
.npmrc file can be found here at C:\Users\<userName>\.npmrc
Cheers! Happy Quarantine Development :p