npm install types-registry: Command failed

[mjbvz]

TypeScript Version: 2.5.2

From microsoft/vscode#24961 (comment)

viktor-wolf reported that even after setting typescript.npm, they were seeing messages about the typings installer failing. Here is the log ti-6028.txt. The failure is:

Error updating types-registry package: Command failed: "/home/viktor/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/bin/npm" install --ignore-scripts types-registry
Types registry file '/home/viktor/.cache/typescript/2.5/node_modules/types-registry/index.json' does not exist
Sending response: {"kind":"event::initializationFailed","message":"Command failed: \"/home/viktor/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/bin/npm\" install --ignore-scripts types-registry"}
Response has been sent.

@viktor-wolf can you please try running "/home/viktor/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/bin/npm" install --ignore-scripts types-registry on the command line and sharing the output

[viktor-wolf]

I forgot to mention in my original comment I had already successfully tried running that command, but it didn't fix the issue. The current output from both the integrated and OS terminal is:
+ types-registry@0.1.297
updated 1 package in 1.691s

EDIT: I have removed the package and reran the command with --verbose. Output:

npm info it worked if it ends with ok
npm verb cli [ '/home/viktor/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/bin/node',
npm verb cli   '/home/viktor/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/bin/npm',
npm verb cli   'install',
npm verb cli   '--ignore-scripts',
npm verb cli   'types-registry',
npm verb cli   '--verbose' ]
npm info using npm@5.4.1
npm info using node@v8.4.0
npm verb npm-session 3767ce0a3999f22e
npm http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/types-registry 12ms (from cache)
npm verb correctMkdir /home/viktor/.npm/_locks correctMkdir not in flight; initializing
npm verb lock using /home/viktor/.npm/_locks/staging-a9c49727cf4c1a95.lock for /home/viktor/files/dev/maurit/soic/node_modules/.staging
npm info lifecycle types-registry@0.1.297~preinstall: types-registry@0.1.297
npm info linkStuff types-registry@0.1.297
npm verb linkBins types-registry@0.1.297
npm verb linkMans types-registry@0.1.297
npm info lifecycle types-registry@0.1.297~install: types-registry@0.1.297
npm info lifecycle types-registry@0.1.297~postinstall: types-registry@0.1.297
npm verb unlock done using /home/viktor/.npm/_locks/staging-a9c49727cf4c1a95.lock for /home/viktor/files/dev/maurit/soic/node_modules/.staging
npm verb saving [ { name: 'types-registry',
npm verb saving     spec: '^0.1.297',
npm verb saving     save: 'dependencies' } ]
npm info lifecycle undefined~preshrinkwrap: undefined
npm info lifecycle undefined~shrinkwrap: undefined
npm info lifecycle undefined~postshrinkwrap: undefined
+ types-registry@0.1.297
added 1 package in 1.659s
npm verb exit [ 0, true ]
npm info ok 

Seems OK to me, but the error in Code persists.

[chrmarti]

It would help if the tsserver included more details of the error, like exit code and stdout/-err of npm.

[mhegazy]

@Andy-MS is there any additional logging we can add here?