Meteor npm install --save babel-runtime no longer works

I’m use to seeing npm errors (this package specifically) about once a month and they are usually trivial to solve.

W20180227-13:18:01.662(-8)? (STDERR) Error: The babel-runtime npm package could not be found in your node_modules
W20180227-13:18:01.662(-8)? (STDERR) directory. Please run the following command to install it:
W20180227-13:18:01.662(-8)? (STDERR)
W20180227-13:18:01.663(-8)? (STDERR) meteor npm install --save babel-runtime

meteor npm install --save babel-runtime
npm ERR! Error while executing:
npm ERR! /usr/bin/git ls-remote -h -t https://github.com/meteor/readable-stream.git
npm ERR!
npm ERR! error: while accessing https://github.com/meteor/readable-stream.git/info/refs
npm ERR!
npm ERR! fatal: HTTP request failed
npm ERR!
npm ERR! exited with error code: 128

Is there something wrong with github? I’ve been doing all sorts of things.
yum update git, reinstalling Meteor (1.4.4.5), Deleting .npm, meteor npm i -g npm
Did something change with readable-stream?

Thanks, Turbo

Is it possible that you’re running an old version of git (pre-Jan 2010)?

If you go to the url it’s trying to access: https://github.com/meteor/readable-stream.git/info/refs
You’ll see that Github turned off support for this kind of access a long time ago and that git versions prior to v1.6.6 are affected.

Hi coagmano,

The error looks like that would be the problem, but git is @ 1.71

bash-4.1$ git --version
git version 1.7.1
bash-4.1$ which git
/usr/bin/git

16 verbose Linux 2.6.32-504.30.3.el6.x86_64
17 verbose argv “/home/jlowrey/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.4.4_3.p9x0me++os.linux.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.linux.x86_64/dev_bundle/bin/node” "/home/$
18 verbose node v4.8.3
19 verbose npm v5.6.0

Maybe try installing it in an empty directory after an npm init to see if global npm acts any differently?

Or try the particular git command to see if it fails when you run it yourself:
/usr/bin/git ls-remote -h -t https://github.com/meteor/readable-stream.git

Might help you narrow it down to a git, npm, or meteor problem

My gut feeling is that a git re-install should fix, but :man_shrugging:

Hi coagmano,

That git ls-remote command gives the same http error. I’ve found a work-around. I created a new Linux user with a separate workspace and from that account, I can run “meteor npm install --save babel-runtime” without it needing to reference readable-stream.git.

If I run that particular ls-remote command from this new user, I still get the same error. I’m curious what the response looks like when it does not error. Since this work-around circumvents this dependency, I’m okay moving on. This project is for a legacy product, so I only have to maintain it. My main Meteor project works just fine, but I’m worried that in time it will hit the same error.

It’s an issue with Git, so you’ll probably run into it again sooner or later

When I run the command I get a list of tags and their hashes:

2018-03-02 09:16:13 - Freds-MacBook-Pro in ~
○ →  /usr/bin/git ls-remote -h -t https://github.com/meteor/readable-stream.git
1227c7b66deedb1dc5284a89425854d5f7ad9576	    refs/heads/1.0.x
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c03d159affdc6816c4e7d5ff42236ea460cc7242	    refs/heads/backport-env-1-1
Full result
2018-03-02 09:16:13 - Freds-MacBook-Pro in ~
○ →  /usr/bin/git ls-remote -h -t https://github.com/meteor/readable-stream.git
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