[BUG] <npm crashes when trying to install/uninstall pacakges>

[Raid5594]

npm crashes when trying to install/uninstall pacakges

I get the following error, when installing the package
Tried to remove npm folder and cache, didn't help

npm install eciesjs
npm ERR! code EINVALIDTYPE
npm ERR! typeerror Error: Argument #2: Expected object but got null
npm ERR! typeerror at prepareAction (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/actions.js:183:3)
npm ERR! typeerror at actionsToRun.reduce (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/actions.js:152:16)
npm ERR! typeerror at Array.reduce ()
npm ERR! typeerror at runSerial (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/actions.js:150:29)
npm ERR! typeerror at doReverseSerial (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/actions.js:146:3)
npm ERR! typeerror at Array. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/slide/lib/bind-actor.js:15:8)
npm ERR! typeerror at LOOP (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/slide/lib/chain.js:15:14)
npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/slide/lib/chain.js:18:7
npm ERR! typeerror at withInit.nodeify (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/actions.js:131:5)
npm ERR! typeerror at tryCatcher (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
npm ERR! typeerror at Promise.successAdapter [as _fulfillmentHandler0] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/nodeify.js:23:30)
npm ERR! typeerror at Promise._settlePromise (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:571:21)
npm ERR! typeerror at Promise._settlePromise0 (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:619:10)
npm ERR! typeerror at Promise._settlePromises (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:699:18)
npm ERR! typeerror at _drainQueueStep (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:138:12)
npm ERR! typeerror at _drainQueue (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:131:9)
npm ERR! typeerror This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR! typeerror https://npm.community

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /Users/Raid/.npm/_logs/2020-01-08T15_25_45_613Z-debug.log

[DanielRuf]

Hi @Raid5594,

Please provide your npm and node versions so we can reproduce it.

node -v
npm -v

[ronpx]

I am getting the same error when I install a new package.

node -v - v12.16.0
npm -v 6.13.4

[DanielRuf]

Can not repdoruce on Ubuntu:

npm-issue-993 npm install eciesjs

> secp256k1@4.0.0 install /home/druf/Schreibtisch/npm-issue-993/node_modules/secp256k1
> node-gyp-build || exit 0

npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/druf/Schreibtisch/npm-issue-993/package.json'
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/druf/Schreibtisch/npm-issue-993/package.json'
npm WARN @angular/animation@4.0.0-beta.8 requires a peer of @angular/core@4.0.0-beta.8 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN npm-issue-993 No description
npm WARN npm-issue-993 No repository field.
npm WARN npm-issue-993 No README data
npm WARN npm-issue-993 No license field.

+ eciesjs@0.3.5
added 15 packages from 105 contributors and audited 24 packages in 4.495s
found 0 vulnerabilities

[ronpx]

I encountered this issue when I pulled my code from SVN. There were missing components and inconsistencies in the package.json reason I cannot install a new npm.

I resolved this by excluding nodes/components and the package.json in SVN.

[darcyclarke]

npm v6 is no longer in active development; We will continue to push security releases to v6 at our team's discretion as-per our Support Policy.

If your bug is preproducible on v7, please re-file this issue using our new issue template.

If your issue was a feature request, please consider opening a new RRFC or RFC. If your issue was a question or other idea that was not CLI-specific, consider opening a discussion on our feedback repo

Closing: This is an automated message.

[darcyclarke]

npm v6 is no longer in active development; We will continue to push security releases to v6 at our team's discretion as-per our Support Policy.

If your bug is preproducible on v7, please re-file this issue using our new issue template.

If your issue was a feature request, please consider opening a new RRFC or RFC. If your issue was a question or other idea that was not CLI-specific, consider opening a discussion on our feedback repo

Closing: This is an automated message.