Issue with npm install

[AlokBansal8]

Getting following error:

module.js:487
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'semver'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:485:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:437:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/unsupported.js:2:14)
    at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
Exited with code 1

CircleCI config file:

version: 2
jobs:
  build:
    docker:
      - image: circleci/node:latest

    working_directory: ~/repo

    steps:
      - checkout

      - run:
          name: update-npm
          command: 'sudo npm install -g npm@latest'

      - restore_cache:
          key: v0-dependencies-{{ checksum "package.json" }}

      - run:
          name: install-npm-packages
          command: 'npm install'

      - save_cache:
          paths:
            - ./node_modules
          key: v0-dependencies-{{ checksum "package.json" }}

      - run:
          name: test
          command: |
            echo Running Tests
            npm run test

      - store_artifacts:
          path: test-results.xml
          prefix: tests

      - store_artifacts:
          path: coverage
          prefix: coverage

      - store_test_results:
          path: test-results.xml

[cmalard]

It depends on Node image version :

• no error: 4.*
• Error: Cannot find module 'semver' : >4

Same thing with offical Node images.

This is an NPM issue : npm/npm#16807, npm/npm#15558, nodejs/docker-node#449

Simple workaround is to use latest Node image with latest NPM and not update NPM manually.

[surfjedi]

Are you sure you have semver in your package.json?

[jaydev]

This is what worked for me for the update-npm step in config.yml:

yarn global add npm@latest

[edisoncast]

This is what worked for me for the update-npm step in config.yml:

yarn global add npm@latest

I have used your command but npm version is not latest, I added this step in circle to verify.
- run:
name: Check npm and node version
command: |
node --version
npm --version

The output was 5.5.1. Currently the latest version is 6.4.1.