Error: Cannot find module './lib'

@Fishrock123

Just installed node v5 and running npm in command line produces said error.

OS X 10.10.5

How to Fix

(For now)
(Edited in by @Fishrock123)

rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm

Can you paste the entire stack trace?

Error: Cannot find module './lib'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:337:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:287:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:366:17)
    at require (module.js:385:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/hawk/index.js:1:80)
    at Module._compile (module.js:425:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:432:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:311:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:366:17)
    at require (module.js:385:17)
npm ERR! Darwin 14.5.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm"
npm ERR! node v5.0.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.3.6
npm ERR! code MODULE_NOT_FOUND

npm ERR! Cannot find module './lib'
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

ref. npm/npm#10166

@othiym23

I think it probably has something to do with https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/02npm.xml#L9 but I don't actually understand how OS X installers work. cc @othiym23

Hmmm, could 63a628d#diff-649abfdda4cfccbe318266e0c9116701L3 have been this issue? That commit was scheduled for v4.0.0 but doesn't seem to have landed until v5?

+1 same os version and 5.0.0.
Can't reproduce with 4.2.1

@jasnell

Looks like the commit is staged for v4.2.2 but has not landed in v4.x yet. 5652ce0

cc @jasnell

On second look, that seems like just an identifier though...

cc @nodejs/build for anyone who knows how the OS X installer works more

@nicolabortignon

@nicolabortignon ... I just want to be clear: you are not seeing this problem with v4.2.1 currently correct?

@jasnell

@jasnell I did not have any issues with v4.2.1

From #npm irc:

othiym23: Fishrock123: yes, but if the installer only uninstalls the previous version before installing the new version if the manifest IDs match, that would account for the behavior everyone's seeing

@jasnell

@jasnell that is correct, 4.2.1 works like a charm.

Is this still an issue?

@jasnell

@jasnell Unless the installer has been updated to remove /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm during install this will continue to be an issue any time the shape of the npm dependency tree changes. Currently we are maintaining an npm@2 style tree in npm@3, which only changes shape very rarely, but at some point (when we drop support for 0.8) I would like to see us switch to an npm@3 style tree (that is, flat, fully deduped), but we can't w/o the installer fix as it will break anyone updating (remember 3.3.6?, ugh).

@iarna

@iarna there is a PR open to change the installer (for osx at least)

--> #5656

It includes a commit to remove npm during install --> eff981b

I had done some work in a branch to try and getting a script working to do this with the current installer but couldn't get it working. I plan to dig into it again, but it might not be a good use of time if the other PR is ready to land

@rvagg what is the status of #5656?

Is this still an issue?

... yep.

plz fix my bug as soon as possible

@amodkumar57

@amodkumar57 your problems look unrelated to this issue, which is about npm not working.

Can you post over at http://github.com/nodejs/help with more information about the problem you are having

I don't have a node_modules folder in /usr/local/lib/ on ubuntu 14.04.. but I do have node and npm running and getting this error. Any ideas in this case? I uninstalled node and reinstalled and got the same thing.

parallels@ubuntu:~/Documents/nikebot$ node -v
v4.4.7
parallels@ubuntu:~/Documents/nikebot$ npm -v
2.15.8

Error: Cannot find module './lib/'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:325:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:276:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/parallels/Documents/nikebot/node_modules/mongoose/index.js:7:18)
    at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:353:17)

Same issue when I run phonegap run ios

Output :

module.js:340
throw err;
      ^
Error: Cannot find module './lib/run'

phonegap/phonegap-cli#653

had this exact issue on Ubuntu bash in windows. Deleting the given folder worked perfect.

how to do centos

This issue has been inactive for sufficiently long that it seems like perhaps it should be closed. Feel free to re-open (or leave a comment requesting that it be re-opened) if you disagree. I'm just tidying up and not acting on a super-strong opinion or anything like that.

Delete node modules
Delete package-lock.json
Run npm install --legacy-peer-deps
Run npm start

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