I was working on the node package manager, npm, in Mac OS X and realized I cannot install Zombie.
kahwee:~ kahwee$ npm install zombie
npm info it worked if it ends with ok
npm info using npm@0.2.11-5
npm info using node@v0.2.6
npm ERR! Error connecting to server http://registry.npmjs.org/zombie
npm ERR! Error: ETIMEOUT, Timeout while contacting DNS servers
npm ERR! at Timer.callback (dns:15:13)
npm ERR! at node.js:773:9
npm ERR! Report this *entire* log at <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to <npm-@googlegroups.com>
npm ERR! Just tweeting a tiny part of the error will not be helpful.
npm not ok
I was hunting around what’s wrong with my DNS servers and I realized that even though Node.js is taking the DNS server settings from resolv.conf, Mac OS X did not have that updated as I would expect. The following is not my nameserver:
kahwee:~ kahwee$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
#
# Mac OS X Notice
#
# This file is not used by the host name and address resolution
# or the DNS query routing mechanisms used by most processes on
# this Mac OS X system.
#
# This file is automatically generated.
#
domain Aphrodite
nameserver 192.168.1.254
So I commented that portion and changed it with nano:
sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf
Changed it to and comment the invalid entry:
kahwee:~ kahwee$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
#
# Mac OS X Notice
#
# This file is not used by the host name and address resolution
# or the DNS query routing mechanisms used by most processes on
# this Mac OS X system.
#
# This file is automatically generated.
#
#domain Aphrodite
#nameserver 192.168.1.254
nameserver 165.21.100.88
nameserver 165.21.83.88
And now it works:
kahwee:~ kahwee$ npm install zombie
npm info it worked if it ends with ok
npm info using npm@0.2.11-5
npm info using node@v0.2.6
npm info fetch http://registry.npmjs.org/zombie/-/zombie-0.8.10.tgz
...
npm ok
