Error: Cannot find module 'internal/fs' when npm install on mac

[shufanshijie]

5 verbose stack Error: Cannot find module 'internal/fs'
5 verbose stack     at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:472:15)
5 verbose stack     at Function.Module._load (module.js:420:25)
5 verbose stack     at Module.require (module.js:500:17)
5 verbose stack     at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
5 verbose stack     at evalmachine.<anonymous>:17:20
5 verbose stack     at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/cmd-shim/node_modules/graceful-fs/fs.js:11:1)
5 verbose stack     at Module._compile (module.js:573:32)
5 verbose stack     at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:582:10)
5 verbose stack     at Module.load (module.js:490:32)
5 verbose stack     at tryModuleLoad (module.js:449:12)
6 verbose cwd /Users/huweiqing
7 error Darwin 14.5.0
8 error argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "iconv-lite"
9 error node v7.0.0
10 error npm  v3.10.8
11 error code MODULE_NOT_FOUND
12 error Cannot find module 'internal/fs'

[cjihrig]

Hm, can you read over the discussion in #9355.

[Fishrock123]

I'm getting a #3606 vibe from these. Smells like an installer problem.

[Fishrock123]

@shufanshijie

What is the output of node -v and npm -v?
How did you install Node.js?

[Fishrock123]

If you run rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm and then re-install Node.js does it work?

[thefourtheye]

Unable to reproduce the problem.

➜  ~ node -v
v7.0.0
➜  ~ npm -v
3.10.8
➜  ~ uname -v
Darwin Kernel Version 15.6.0: Thu Sep  1 15:01:16 PDT 2016; root:xnu-3248.60.11~2/RELEASE_X86_64
➜  ~ npm i iconv-lite
/Users/thefourtheye
└── iconv-lite@0.4.13

Could be because of the stale npm installation, but not sure how that could have happened though. Please try what @Fishrock123 suggested above.

[giulio-sefaira]

Same problem for me on a MacOsX Sierra:

$ uname -v
Darwin Kernel Version 16.1.0: Thu Oct 13 21:26:57 PDT 2016; root:xnu-3789.21.3~60/RELEASE_X86_64
$ node -v
v7.0.0
$ npm -v
3.10.8

I tried to uninstall / reinstall, but it didn't fix the problem

[gibfahn]

@shufanshijie @giulio-sefaira How did you install node? With brew or nvm? Or directly from https://nodejs.org/en/download/ ?

[giulio-sefaira]

hi @gibfahn . I used brew. I uninstalled node, wiped entirely the node_modules library (rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules) and reinstalled by brew

[OnceMore2020]

I tried to reinstall node with brew and delete entire /usr/local/lib/node_modules, the error still happens.

[Fishrock123]

@giulio-sefaira @OnceMore2020 could you please run which npm?

[giulio-sefaira]

@Fishrock123

$ which npm
npm is /usr/local/bin/npm
npm is /usr/local/bin/npm
npm is /usr/local/bin/npm

[giulio-sefaira]

$ /usr/local/bin/npm -v 3.10.8

[Leolik]

get this error in Ubuntu 16.04
node -v = v7.0.0
npm -v = 3.10.8

[gibfahn]

@Leolik How did you install node?