I have a droplet with Ubuntu 12.04 where i have installed node and npm. But no matter what i try, npm works a little and the gets “killed”. It happens if i try “npm update” or “npm install”.
Anyone know what causes this and if there is a solution?
I found a solution that seems to work. I upgraded my swap-file to 1gb from 500mb ca.
Then i could install modules again.
It worked! I had exactly the same problem, and it seems that I had no swap file at all. After creating a 1GB swap file, npm kept installing all the packages till the end. Thanks a lot for sharing this!
To solve this issue on 14.04 and 16.04:
sudo fallocate -l 1G /swapfile
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
sudo mkswap /swapfile
sudo swapon /swapfile
sudo swapon --show
sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=10
echo 'vm.swappiness=10' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50
echo 'vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
This will create a swap file of 1GB
Anyone Still struggling with this problem should try this first. I’d wager that this saved me a few hours.
Try running npm in verbose-mode, and post the results if you still can’t figure out what happened.
npm --verbose install <package>
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash._isnative
npm verb request where is /lodash.isobject
npm verb request registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
npm verb url raw /lodash.isobject
npm verb url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './lodash.isobject' ]
npm verb url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.isobject
npm verb request where is https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.isobject
npm info trying registry request attempt 1 at 08:22:30
npm verb etag "CPWRI1IP3U8NTU89SB3AHKA9H"
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.isobject
npm verb request where is /lodash._shimkeys
npm verb request registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
npm verb url raw /lodash._shimkeys
npm verb url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './lodash._shimkeys' ]
npm verb url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash._shimkeys
npm verb request where is https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash._shimkeys
npm info trying registry request attempt 1 at 08:22:30
npm verb etag "DZ6P032FLD78S0R91BMU2WH7"
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash._shimkeys
npm verb registry.get https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.keys not expired, no request
npm verb registry.get https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.keys not expired, no request
npm verb request where is /lodash._escapehtmlchar
npm verb request registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
npm verb url raw /lodash._escapehtmlchar
npm verb url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './lodash._escapehtmlchar' ]
npm verb url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash._escapehtmlchar
npm verb request where is https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash._escapehtmlchar
npm info trying registry request attempt 1 at 08:22:30
npm verb etag "3ILFQWIDQTJSRWFEDZ8ZQ3I"
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash._escapehtmlchar
npm verb request where is /lodash._reunescapedhtml
npm verb request registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
Killed
This is the last lines, it gets a little bit farther every time, so i’m guessing it runs out of memory or something.
I have a droplet with 512mb of ram.
Created the swap file. Solved all my issues. Was also trying to get started using Keystone.js / node / Express
I have the same problem. Is there a workaround?
EDIT: Maybe it’s possible to create a gulp task that runs npm install in batches… I might look into that when I have free time on my hands.
Try install through the script:
https://gist.github.com/SuperPaintman/851b330c08b2363aea1c870f0cc1ea5a
npm-f3-install all
npm-f3-install production
npm-f3-install development
I know this thread is old but maybe a simple detail helps.
I have 512mb RAM with no root access and had the same issue. I was receiving “killed” message even running npm-f3-install script (all, production or development).
The sollution was simple, just run “npm-f3-install all -s” or “npm-f3-install all –silent”.
It’s a silent mode, without those outputs that consume memory.
Worked for me.
By the way, thanks for the script, SuperPaintmanDe.
From what I understand, this happens when the process is taking too many resources for you droplet. What worked for me was installing all my required packages one by one, but I assume this could also be done using a shell script.
I am having this issue too. MEAN.JS droplet. 512 MB.
Did you have any success with resolving this issue? I am running into the same problem.
Hey, yes i did, take a look at my answer below.
I had to increase my memory (swap).
Same here, doing a “flexible increase” in droplet size from 512 MB to 1 GB fixed this for me. Working with keystone.js / node / express.
Had the same issue, upgrading to 1GB of memory and reinstalling node modules a bunch of times worked.
Cheapest solution is to create a swap file, it only takes 5 minutes and you don’t need to pay anything extra.
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-add-swap-on-ubuntu-14-04
If you however need speed, you should increase the droplet.
Thanks! This works.
Above article really works.