Here is my node and npm version:
node -v v0.4.11
npm -v 1.0.27
When I tried to install a module for example express, I get the following error:
[root@localhost npm]# npm install express
npm ERR! Error: First argument needs to be a number, array or string.
npm ERR! at new Buffer (buffer.js:156:15)
npm ERR! at regRequest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/npm-registry-client/request.js:82:17)
npm ERR! at GET (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/npm-registry-client/request.js:211:3)
npm ERR! at get_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/npm-registry-client/get.js:121:3)
npm ERR! at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/npm-registry-client/get.js:46:10
npm ERR! at cb (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:37:9)
npm ERR! Report this *entire* log at:
npm ERR! <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! <npm-@googlegroups.com>
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.40.3-0.fc15.i686.PAE
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "express"
npm ERR! cwd /home/kelvin/Downloads/npm
npm ERR! node -v v0.4.11
npm ERR! npm -v 1.0.27
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/kelvin/Downloads/npm/npm-debug.log
npm not ok
https://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues/1372#issuecomment-2036919
isaacs: “The master branch from git is often unstable. This is fixed in HEAD already.”
Solved after git pull, and make install.