[Solved] Npm install crashing on OSX

Hey,

Having some trouble running meteor npm install on OSX. This app works fine on Ubuntu/Galaxy/Windows etc. Has anyone seen the issue before:

Tathagats-iMac:app1 tathagatbanerjee$ meteor npm install --verbose
npm info it worked if it ends with ok
npm verb cli [ '/Users/tathagatbanerjee/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.8.0.n8aoy2.8wxyq++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.browser.legacy+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/bin/node',
npm verb cli   '/Users/tathagatbanerjee/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.8.0.n8aoy2.8wxyq++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.browser.legacy+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/bin/npm',
npm verb cli   'install',
npm verb cli   '--verbose' ]
npm info using npm@6.4.1
npm info using node@v8.11.4
npm verb npm-session 683c25d055628bf9
npm info lifecycle q6a@1.0.0~preinstall: q6a@1.0.0
npm timing stage:loadCurrentTree Completed in 14ms
npm timing stage:loadIdealTree:cloneCurrentTree Completed in 0ms
npm timing stage:loadIdealTree:loadShrinkwrap Completed in 1560ms
npm http fetch GET 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/wreck 97ms (from cache)
npm WARN deprecated wreck@5.6.1: This version is no longer maintained. Please upgrade to the latest version.
npm http fetch GET 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/joi 23ms (from cache)
npm WARN deprecated joi@5.1.0: This version is no longer maintained. Please upgrade to the latest version.
npm http fetch GET 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/isemail 19ms (from cache)
npm http fetch GET 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/moment 53ms (from cache)
npm timing stage:loadIdealTree:loadAllDepsIntoIdealTree Completed in 1832ms
npm timing stage:loadIdealTree Completed in 4435ms
npm timing stage:generateActionsToTake Completed in 1590ms
npm verb correctMkdir /Users/tathagatbanerjee/.npm/_locks correctMkdir not in flight; initializing
npm verb lock using /Users/tathagatbanerjee/.npm/_locks/staging-eacffb5c15be1098.lock for /Users/tathagatbanerjee/workspace/meteor/app1/node_modules/.staging
npm timing audit compress Completed in 4257ms
npm info audit Submitting payload of 95510bytes
npm timing audit submit Completed in 42770ms
npm http fetch POST 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/-/npm/v1/security/audits/quick 55019ms
npm timing audit body Completed in 12252ms
⸨            ░░░░░░⸩ ⠸ extract:grpc: sill extract @protobufjs/codegen@2.0.4

It just stalls out here. It looks similar to this issue: https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/17860, but no idea what that means either.

Anyone have any idea what is going on? Any ideas appreciated.

It fixed itself - have no idea why. Sorry.