Error npm is known not to run on Node.js v10.24.1 and how to fix it, don't update to the latest version?

The problem for me was upgrading my global version of npm while on an incompatible version of Node (8.16.1).

I tried to uninstall npm globally but that also didn't work because I could not use the npm command.

To fix it, I used nvm to switch to a compatible version of Node (nvm use 14.0.0 - this can be any version of Node compatible with the npm version you have installed globally). This allowed me to run npm commands so I ran npm uninstall -g npm first of all to remove my global version of npm and then nvm uninstall 8.16.1 to remove my faulty Node version.

May need to deactivate first: nvm deactivate https://stackoverflow.com/a/38776277/15435022

I was then able to reinstall Node 8.16.1 (nvm install 8.16.1), and with it came a fresh install of a compatible npm version.

I performed an upgrade of npm by mistake and ran into the same issue.

The only way to solve for me was to delete the two following directories:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\npm C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache 

I was having the same problem, I ran the command and it solved the problem with NPM

sudo n latest 

Node: v10.19.0 NPM: 8.9.0

Reference

I happen to work on a project that builds on node 10 as well.

More details would have been helpful to understand the problem better but I suspect it's a compatibility issue.

Try these:

• Download and install the latest version of nodejs.
• Open you terminal and verify you have the latest version using node -v. Verify your npm version too using npm -v.
• Since you have nvm installed, run nvm install 10, then nvm use 10.
• Verify your versions again. In my case, node is v10.24.1 & npm is 6.14.12.
• Start your app using npm run dev. Please check you package.json to be sure you are using the right startup command.

I had the same problem. I was using node 12 with nvm

Then, I switched to node 16, uninstalled the version 12 with nvm uninstall 12 and then I installed it again with nvm install 12 and it is working fine

npm is known not to run on Node.js v10.24.1 comes when normally people upgrade the version of npm to latest or recent ones, but when it comes to node 10 version you can use npm version 6.4.1 or 6 series. Normally npm 6.4.1 will come with node js 10.24.1 but if you have given any npm update cmd you need to go to C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming and delete npm and npm cache folders then delete npm folders in C:\Users\username\AppData\local then check the npm version using npm -v. After doing this install the angular version

Thanks @Oduola Olumide Sunday for the response. I have followed your way but still not solved the problem.

And I fix it by removing the latest nodejs version and using the normal node v10.24.1

enter link description here -> I removed the latest nodejs version with this

For nvm used under macOS, I solve this issue in this way

First, run nvm ls-remote to get the latest version of v10

-> v10.24.1 (Latest LTS: Dubnium) 

Then install the latest version of v10 through

nvm install 10.24.1 --latest-npm 

This error happens when your npm version is not what you think it is...

For instance, you download a nodejs pkg and install. Run node -v, npm -v... npm -v provides the error that brought you here.

This means your aren't using the version the nodejs pkg installed, but some remnant somewhere- from other install attempts.

In my case, I had a Homebrew installed version of npm that I didn't realize existed.

You can find the locations, at least on mac, using the 'where' command.

where npm 

Which will return path(s) of your npm locations. Find the one that doesn't belong and give it the boot.

Then your npm -v will return the expected version number output.

Now you can execute npm commands.

In case anyone here needs to install an npm version (7.24.2) that does support node 10, rather than upgrade node.

Here is what I did:

url=`(curl -qSsL https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/7.24.2; echo "") | sed -e 's/^.*tarball":"//' | sed -e 's/".*$//'` curl -qSsL -o npm.tgz "$url" bin/npm-cli.js install -gf ../npm.tgz # in case npm is not installed where "which npm" points to, you might need to add --prefix=$(which npm | sed 's/\/bin\/npm//') 

The reference is the installation script of 7.24.2 https://github.com/npm/cli/blob/v7.24.2/scripts/install.sh

If you have used node as an npm, please upgrade to the expected version in the package.json file. Though you upgrade your node to higher versions, the version number that you give in the package.json takes precedence. Make sure correct version number is given in the package.json

Downloading the latest node package from https://nodejs.org/en/download helped me resolve this error. There is a mismatch in Node version and the package installed in your system which is causing this error.