npm install error after upgrade to 1.12.5

[steve]

I have a CI server with Ubuntu and Node 10.20.0 installed. Previously I was able to run a ‘npm install’ on my 1.9.14 Quasar project, but after upgrading to Quasar 1.12.5 (app 1.9.6, extras 1.8.2), I get an error with NPM. Do you know why this is happening? Was some requirement / dependency changed?

+ node -v
v10.20.0
+ npm install
npm ERR! Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined

and here is the npm log output:

15657 silly saveTree ├─┬ vuedraggable@2.23.2
15657 silly saveTree │ └── sortablejs@1.10.1
15657 silly saveTree └── vuelidate@0.7.4
15658 verbose stack TypeError: Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
15658 verbose stack     at regFetch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-fetch/index.js:88:23)
15658 verbose stack     at fromManifest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/lib/fetchers/registry/tarball.js:55:3)
15658 verbose stack     at mani.then.mani (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/lib/fetchers/registry/tarball.js:38:25)
15658 verbose stack     at tryCatcher (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
15658 verbose stack     at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:517:31)
15658 verbose stack     at Promise._settlePromise (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:574:18)
15658 verbose stack     at Promise._settlePromiseCtx (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:611:10)
15658 verbose stack     at _drainQueueStep (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:142:12)
15658 verbose stack     at _drainQueue (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:131:9)
15658 verbose stack     at Async._drainQueues (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:147:5)
15658 verbose stack     at Immediate.Async.drainQueues [as _onImmediate] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:17:14)
15658 verbose stack     at runCallback (timers.js:705:18)
15658 verbose stack     at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:676:5)
15658 verbose stack     at processImmediate (timers.js:658:5)
15659 verbose cwd /home/ubuntu/jenkins/workspace/bvspark2ui
15660 verbose Linux 3.13.0-62-generic
15661 verbose argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install"
15662 verbose node v10.20.0
15663 verbose npm  v6.14.4
15664 error Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined

[steve]

Just to follow up from discord chat:
I am using npm as the package manager on my ubuntu build machine and it failed install. On Windows 10 and Mac OS, it works.

As per advise, I’ve change from npm to yarn and now it successfully downloads dependencies

https://discord.com/channels/415874313728688138/599146158828421140/725085047941628024

[dobbel]

packages installed globally should still be installed with npm.