[solved] npm broke my pacman updating

fschmitt · 2024-06-13 13:52:39

I have recently installed a package I needed using npm. It's a language package for the cspell spellcheck utility, cspell/dict-de-de.
Ever since I did that, I can't update my system anymore. When I try to update using Pacman, I get the following error message:

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
npm: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/docs/output/configuring-npm/npm-global.html exists in filesystem
npm: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/docs/output/configuring-npm/npm-json.html exists in filesystem
npm: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/output-error.js exists in filesystem
npm: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/packument-cache.js exists in filesystem
npm: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@sigstore/sign/dist/external/fetch.js exists in filesystem
npm: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/bin/index.js exists in filesystem
npm: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/lib/util/protected.js exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

I found a couple of threads previously regarding the same issue. In one of those threads, it says that I should install npm manually from scratch, is that what I should do? If so, what are specifically the binaries I need to download from the link posted in that thread?

Last edited by fschmitt (2024-06-14 10:08:17)

WorMzy · 2024-06-13 14:55:07

You should never use a tools own package manager (e.g. npm, pip, gem, etc.) to install packages system-wide, otherwise you'll inevitably run into problems like this.

If you haven't already, remove the package(s) you installed system-wide with npm, then see what conflicts still remain. Remove those files manually, then you'll be able to update your system.

If you still need these npm packages system-wide, look into creating a pacman package for them, e.g. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nodejs-cspell

fschmitt · 2024-06-13 15:44:52

Okay, so I managed to remove all of npm to make my system update again. Now, I would want to install npm again and get my spellcheck working again. I installed npm using pacman, and that worked fine. Now, when I try to do

npm install cspell

I get the error "cannot find module nopt" Then I try to install the stuff it claims is missing

npm install nopt

or

npm install npm

I get another error:

/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli/validate-engines.js:31
    throw err
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'nopt'
Require stack:
- /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/config/lib/index.js
- /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js
- /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli/entry.js
- /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli.js
- /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1186:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1012:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1271:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:123:16)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/config/lib/index.js:4:14)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1434:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1518:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1249:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1065:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1271:19) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/config/lib/index.js',
    '/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js',
    '/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli/entry.js',
    '/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli.js',
    '/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js'
  ]
}

Node.js v22.2.0

How can I properly get npm working?

WorMzy · 2024-06-13 15:59:06

Okay, so I managed to remove all of npm to make my system update again.

That's not quite what I suggested, but okay. Let's see what state your pacman-managed node-related packages are in now. Please post the output of the following:

pacman -Qs '(npm|nodejs)'
pacman -Qkk $(pacman -Qqs '(npm|nodejs)')
type -a npm

fschmitt · 2024-06-13 16:06:09

First one:

local/nodejs 22.2.0-1
    Evented I/O for V8 javascript
local/nodejs-material-design-icons 3.0.1-5
    Material Design icons by Google
local/nodejs-nopt 7.2.0-1
    Node/npm Option Parsing library
local/npm 10.8.0-1
    A package manager for JavaScript
local/openpmix 5.0.2-1
    Extended version of the PMI standard
local/semver 7.6.2-1
    The semantic version parser used by npm

Second one gets a ton of error messages, so I won't post everything. It complains about a ton of "no such file or directory", and it ends with:

nodejs-material-design-icons: 97884 total files, 97817 altered files
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/bin/nopt (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt/LICENSE (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt/README.md (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt/package.json (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt/bin (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt/bin/nopt.js (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt/lib (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt/lib/debug.js (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt/lib/nopt-lib.js (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt/lib/nopt.js (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt/lib/type-defs.js (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt/node_modules (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt/node_modules/abbrev (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt/node_modules/abbrev/LICENSE (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt/node_modules/abbrev/README.md (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt/node_modules/abbrev/package.json (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt/node_modules/abbrev/lib (No such file or directory)
warning: nodejs-nopt: /usr/lib/node_modules/nopt/node_modules/abbrev/lib/index.js (No such file or directory)
nodejs-nopt: 27 total files, 19 altered files
npm: 2355 total files, 0 altered files
openpmix: 247 total files, 0 altered files
semver: 67 total files, 0 altered files

(I didn't get xclip to copy the output, if you need everything, let me know and I'll figure out a way to get everything)
Third one:

npm is /usr/bin/npm

Last edited by fschmitt (2024-06-13 16:07:20)

WorMzy · 2024-06-13 16:17:39

At the very least, nodejs-material-design-icons and nodejs-nopt are damaged, you'll need to reinstall those (using pacman). If nodejs had any altered files, reinstall that too.

fschmitt · 2024-06-13 20:34:05

Hey, thank you very much for your help already, at least the pacman trouble seems to be fixed now.
However, I would still need a little instruction to get the cspell package working (which is what initially caused all this trouble). I installed cspell globally (using npm install -g), which seems to be what initially caused all this trouble if I understood you correctly. Now, if I just do "npm install cspell" in my command line, it is not found as a command when I try to execute it from the command line.
How should I go about installing it, without breaking my pacman again?

seth · 2024-06-13 20:42:02

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nodejs-cspell

fschmitt · 2024-06-13 20:59:34

Now I seem to have everything working. I installed cspell from the AUR, but to install the german language dictionary, I didn't find a way to install it from AUR, so I still installed it using npm global, but pacman seems to be happy with it, and it works.
Thank you a lot for your patience, you really helped me out here, appreciate it!
Also, I don't know if that's a thing as I haven't used the forum much, but my issue is solved, so this thread can be closed.

seth · 2024-06-14 05:49:12

You can probably also adapt the PKGBUILD from the cspell AUR to globally install dictionaries.

Please mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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