npm command does not show any output or result

Question

npm -v not giving any output

Please see the attached image. I have installed node js. After open my git bash, if i run node -v, its give me node version but after i write npm -v, i have passed a long time, like more than 30 minute. it is giving me any output. no error or no warning, nothing. just stay like my attached image. Here is the command also-

shamim@DESKTOP-3C7P5TO MINGW64 /e/wamp64/www/vuejspractice/vue-cli-dev
$ node -v
v8.9.4

shamim@DESKTOP-3C7P5TO MINGW64 /e/wamp64/www/vuejspractice/vue-cli-dev
$ npm -v

Same result when i run this also

npm install

Passed after a long time more than 30 minutes. nothing happen.

Please someone give me a solution.

Answer 1

尝试先运行npm init然后继续执行enter以跳过问题，请确保您具有package.json文件，然后尝试运行npm -v

Answer 2

I had the same problem, any command that starts with npm just hangs. Apparently I accidentally set up the wrong prefix in my npm. The way I solved it:

1. go to your folder directory (eg C:/USER/)
2. ls -al
3. .npmrc folder would appear in your directory and open it in any editor
4. change your prefix back to what it was.

voila, it's back to what it was again.