Node.js – npm ERR! asyncWrite is not a function

firebase-toolsnode.jsnpm

npm install -g firebase-tools
npm ERR! asyncWrite is not a function
npm ERR! pna.nextTick is not a function

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/developer/.npm/_logs/2018-05-30T05_42_20_569Z-debug.log

.log data

/home/developer/.npm/_logs/2018-05-30T05_42_20_569Z-debug.log0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/local/bin/node',
1 verbose cli   '/usr/local/bin/npm',
1 verbose cli   'install',
1 verbose cli   '-g',
1 verbose cli   'firebase-tools' ]
2 info using npm@6.1.0
3 info using node@v10.3.0
4 verbose npm-session 4ca1ad6ed9bde18f
5 silly install loadCurrentTree
6 silly install readGlobalPackageData
7 verbose stack TypeError: asyncWrite is not a function
7 verbose stack     at onwrite (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:480:7)
7 verbose stack     at WritableState.onwrite (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:180:5)
7 verbose stack     at WriteStream.to [as _worker] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/node_modules/make-fetch-happen/cache.js:154:13)
7 verbose stack     at WriteStream._write (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/mississippi/node_modules/flush-write-stream/index.js:35:13)
7 verbose stack     at doWrite (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:428:64)
7 verbose stack     at writeOrBuffer (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:417:5)
7 verbose stack     at WriteStream.Writable.write (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:334:11)
7 verbose stack     at WriteStream.to [as _worker] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/node_modules/make-fetch-happen/cache.js:171:25)
7 verbose stack     at WriteStream._write (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/mississippi/node_modules/flush-write-stream/index.js:35:13)
7 verbose stack     at doWrite (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:428:64)
7 verbose stack     at writeOrBuffer (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:417:5)
7 verbose stack     at WriteStream.Writable.write (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:334:11)
7 verbose stack     at WriteStream.to [as _worker] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/node_modules/make-fetch-happen/cache.js:182:19)
7 verbose stack     at WriteStream._write (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/mississippi/node_modules/flush-write-stream/index.js:35:13)
7 verbose stack     at doWrite (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:428:64)
7 verbose stack     at writeOrBuffer (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_writable.js:417:5)
8 verbose cwd /home/developer/Development/host2
9 verbose Linux 4.15.0-22-generic
10 verbose argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "firebase-tools"
11 verbose node v10.3.0
12 verbose npm  v6.1.0
13 error asyncWrite is not a function
14 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

npm -v :6.1.0
node -v :v10.3.0
os :Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
graphics :AMD® Juniper
processor:Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz × 8
os type : 64-bit

Best Answer

The solution mentioned by DKebler did not work for me either, still got the same error and debug log.

I had also to downgrade.

Command Lines

sudo npm cache clean -f

sudo n 8.11.2

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Node.js – How to update NodeJS and NPM to the next versions

See the docs for the update command:

npm update [-g] [<pkg>...]

This command will update all the packages listed to the latest version (specified by the tag config), respecting semver.

Additionally, see the documentation on Node.js and NPM installation and Upgrading NPM.

The following original answer is from the old FAQ that no longer exists, but should work for Linux and Mac:

How do I update npm?
npm install -g npm
Please note that this command will remove your current version of npm. Make sure to use sudo npm install -g npm if on a Mac.

You can also update all outdated local packages by doing npm update without any arguments, or global packages by doing npm update -g.

Occasionally, the version of npm will progress such that the current version cannot be properly installed with the version that you have installed already. (Consider, if there is ever a bug in the update command.) In those cases, you can do this:
curl https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh | sh

To update Node.js itself, I recommend you use nvm, the Node Version Manager.

Node.js – Find the version of an installed npm package

npm list for local packages or npm list -g for globally installed packages.

You can find the version of a specific package by passing its name as an argument. For example, npm list grunt will result in:

projectName@projectVersion /path/to/project/folder
└── grunt@0.4.1

Alternatively, you can just run npm list without passing a package name as an argument to see the versions of all your packages:

├─┬ cli-color@0.1.6 
│ └── es5-ext@0.7.1 
├── coffee-script@1.3.3 
├── less@1.3.0 
├─┬ sentry@0.1.2 
│ ├── file@0.2.1 
│ └── underscore@1.3.3 
└── uglify-js@1.2.6

You can also add --depth=0 argument to list installed packages without their dependencies.

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Node.js – How to update NodeJS and NPM to the next versions

How do I update npm?

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