Reputation:

Why won't npm install any packages?

I've been attempting to get an install of SailsJS working for 3 hours now.

I have now created a totally fresh Linux Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit VM and have followed a dozen different tutorials for how to install NodeJS / SailsJS (including the tutorial from within the documentation) ALL to no avail.

The error I am getting is as follows (when I attempt to run sudo npm -g install sails):

npm ERR! Error: connect ECONNREFUSED
npm ERR!     at errnoException (net.js:901:11)
npm ERR!     at Object.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:892:19)
npm ERR!  { [Error: connect ECONNREFUSED]
npm ERR!   code: 'ECONNREFUSED',
npm ERR!   errno: 'ECONNREFUSED',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'connect' }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! If you are behind a proxy, please make sure that the
npm ERR! 'proxy' config is set properly.  See: 'npm help config'

npm ERR! System Linux 3.8.0-29-generic
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "-g" "install" "sails"
npm ERR! cwd /home/asdf/Desktop
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.21
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.11
npm ERR! syscall connect
npm ERR! code ECONNREFUSED
npm ERR! errno ECONNREFUSED
npm ERR! stack Error: connect ECONNREFUSED
npm ERR! stack     at errnoException (net.js:901:11)
npm ERR! stack     at Object.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:892:19)
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/asdf/Desktop/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

Does anybody have any idea what might be causing me my issues? I've followed the tutorial very precisely and on a totally fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 and now I'm just pulling my hair out.

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