Old/Buggy NPM VersionĪs you might have noticed from the error message above, the npm version being used is pretty old. Npm ERR! /opt/node0610/lib/node_modules/npm-debug.logĪs I have found out in the past, there are quite a few reasons why you might get the 'failed to fetch from registry' error, so here are a few ways to fix it. Npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in: Npm ERR! message failed to fetch from registry: express Npm ERR! cwd /opt/node0610/lib/node_modules Npm ERR! command 'node' '/opt/node0610/bin/npm' 'install' 'express' Npm ERR! at CleartextStream.emit (events.js:67:17) Npm ERR! at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:67:17) Npm ERR! at Request.emit (events.js:88:20) Npm ERR! at Request.callback (/opt/node0610/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/main.js:109:22) Npm ERR! at Request._callback (/opt/node0610/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/npm-registry-client/request.js:137:18)

Npm ERR! at cb (/opt/node0610/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/npm-registry-client/request.js:32:9) Npm ERR! at /opt/node0610/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/npm-registry-client/get.js:139:12 Npm ERR! Error: failed to fetch from registry: express

When using NPM to install a module for a project, you may encounter a frustrating error like this: $ npm install express -save

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