isaacs/npm — Issue #1894: NPM install hangs while fetching packages (windows)
Author: mogur
Created: 2011-12-16 21:13:12+00:00
State: open

For any module, npm hangs during installation.

info:
Windows 7 (x64)
npm 1.1.0-beta-4
node 0.6.6

Here is the console output:

PS C:\Users\Jonathon> npm install express -verbose
npm info it worked if it ends with ok
npm verb cli [ 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\\\node.exe',
npm verb cli 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
npm verb cli 'install',
npm verb cli 'express',
npm verb cli '-verbose' ]
npm info using npm@1.1.0-beta-4
npm info using node@v0.6.6
npm verb config file C:\Users\Jonathon\.npmrc
npm verb config file C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\etc\npmrc
npm verb config file C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\npmrc
npm verb mkdir done: C:\Users\Jonathon 755
npm verb caching C:\Users\Jonathon\node_modules\now\package.json
npm verb loadDefaults now@0.7.6
npm verb into C:\Users\Jonathon [ 'express' ]
npm verb cache add express
npm verb cache add [ 'express', null ]
npm verb parsed url { pathname: 'express',
npm verb parsed url path: 'express',
npm verb parsed url href: 'express' }
npm verb addNamed [ 'express', '' ]
npm verb addNamed [ null, '' ]
npm verb raw, before any munging express
npm verb url resolving [ 'http://registry.npmjs.org/',
npm verb url resolving './express' ]
npm verb url resolved http://registry.npmjs.org/express
npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/express

(!!!Hangs Right Here)