为什么npm从2.10.1升级到3.5.2后，`npm update -g` & `npm outdated`不起作用？

Question

在将npm从2.10.1更新到3.5.2之后，我得到了两个类似的错误。

通过运行npm update -g更新了npm

我在OSX 10.10.5上运行node v0.12.4，它是通过自制软件安装的

两条错误消息

1下面是我现在从运行npm outdated -g --depth=0得到的错误

npm ERR! Darwin 14.5.0
npm ERR! argv "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "outdated" "-g" "--depth=0"
npm ERR! node v0.12.4
npm ERR! npm  v3.5.2
npm ERR! code EMISSINGARG

npm ERR! typeerror Error: Missing required argument #1
npm ERR! typeerror     at module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/mutate-into-logical-tree.js:12:3)
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/outdated.js:78:5
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/outdated.js:62:20
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-tree/rpt.js:186:9
npm ERR! typeerror     at f (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/once/once.js:17:25)
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-tree/rpt.js:152:20
npm ERR! typeerror     at f (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/once/once.js:17:25)
npm ERR! typeerror     at then (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-tree/rpt.js:121:22)
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-tree/rpt.js:81:20
npm ERR! typeerror     at fs.js:1518:23
npm ERR! typeerror This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR! typeerror     <http://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /Users/brianzelip/npm-debug.log

2下面是我现在从运行npm update -g得到的错误消息

npm ERR! Darwin 14.5.0
npm ERR! argv "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "update" "-g"
npm ERR! node v0.12.4
npm ERR! npm  v3.5.2
npm ERR! code EMISSINGARG

npm ERR! typeerror Error: Missing required argument #1
npm ERR! typeerror     at module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/mutate-into-logical-tree.js:12:3)
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/outdated.js:78:5
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/outdated.js:62:20
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-tree/rpt.js:186:9
npm ERR! typeerror     at f (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/once/once.js:17:25)
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-tree/rpt.js:152:20
npm ERR! typeerror     at f (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/once/once.js:17:25)
npm ERR! typeerror     at then (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-tree/rpt.js:121:22)
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-tree/rpt.js:81:20
npm ERR! typeerror     at fs.js:1518:23
npm ERR! typeerror This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR! typeerror     <http://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /Users/brianzelip/npm-debug.log

Answer 1

在我的例子中，这是因为有一个全局包symlink，其目标已被删除。

Answer 2

当npm找到一个没有package.json文件的链接包时，会抛出EMISSINGARG error。而且还可以连接到这些链接包中的任何子包。

我修复它的步骤如下：

1)查看全局包的安装位置。在我的例子中：

$ npm config get prefix
C:\Program Files\nodejs

2)使用任何空的包文件夹查找缺少的npm链接包。

cd 'C:\Program Files\nodejs'
ls -l node_modules

3)删除所有断开的链接。

rm node_modules/brocken-package

修复了！您可以再次安装全局包。