Description
Split off from #855 ; see that issue for a similar problem.
This is in OS X El Capitan, 10.11.6 . This error appears on starting a new shell:
nvm is not compatible with the npm config "prefix" option: currently set to "/usr/local"
Run `npm config delete prefix` or `nvm use --delete-prefix v5.7.1 --silent` to unset it.
With the usual command in the .bashrc file:
export NVM_DIR="/Users/pingraham/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm
Running either or both of the suggested fixes don't appear to do anything, though.
Note: I foolishly installed some node version globally while trying to fix this, and also foolishly upgraded npm once in an attempt to fix this, but ran into an entirely different npm bug ( npm/npm#13918 , if you're curious ) before giving up. On the other hand, NVM seems to sorta work anyway...? Maybe?
Here's some commands & their results:
node -v
v5.7.1
nvm use 5.7.1
nvm is not compatible with the npm config "prefix" option: currently set to "/usr/local"
Run `npm config delete prefix` or `nvm use --delete-prefix v5.7.1` to unset it.
Running either or both of the suggested command doesn't change anything.
Oddly enough, the switch seems to work anyway... maybe...
nvm use 0.10
Now using node v0.10.33 (npm v1.4.28)
node -v
v0.10.33
nvm use 5.7.1
nvm is not compatible with the npm config "prefix" option: currently set to "/usr/local"
Run `npm config delete prefix` or `nvm use --delete-prefix v5.7.1` to unset it.
node -v
v5.7.1
(I guess it happened regardless??)
Debugging info:
echo $PREFIX ; echo $NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX
(nothing, just empty lines)
nvm debug
nvm --version: v0.32.0
$SHELL: /bin/bash
$HOME: /Users/pingraham
$NVM_DIR: '$HOME/.nvm'
$PREFIX: ''
$NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX: ''
nvm current: system
which node: /usr/local/bin/node
which iojs:
which npm: /usr/local/bin/npm
npm config get prefix: /usr/local
npm root -g: /usr/local/lib/node_modules
(nvm debug, after switching)
nvm current: v0.10.33
which node: $NVM_DIR/v0.10.33/bin/node
which iojs:
which npm: $NVM_DIR/v0.10.33/bin/npm
npm config get prefix: $NVM_DIR/v0.10.33
npm root -g: $NVM_DIR/v0.10.33/lib/node_modules
nvm ls
v0.10.33
v5.7.1
-> system
default -> 5.7.1 (-> v5.7.1)
node -> stable (-> v5.7.1) (default)
stable -> 5.7 (-> v5.7.1) (default)
iojs -> N/A (default)
lts/* -> lts/argon (-> N/A)
lts/argon -> v4.5.0 (-> N/A)
No prefixes set in the environment, either:
$PREFIX: ''
$NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX: ''
It seems wrong to just ignore the error! Any ideas on what I could change? And is it a "Real" error, or just noise, since it seems that at least node -v acknowledges the switches anyway?
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