Missing npm v1.4.14 package

[pmalouin]

Trying to install node v0.10.29, but fails while trying to download npm from:
http://nodejs.org/dist/npm/npm-1.4.14.zip
Package does not exist. Maybe you would know why the package was not published? Maybe a new location or no longer distributed as a zip?

For sure, the console output from nvmw was not helpful in debugging this and it took me some time to find out what was happening.

nvmw install v0.10.29
Start installing Node v0.10.29 (x64)
Start installing Node v0.10.29 (x64)
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Download from http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.29/x64/node.exe, and save it as C:\Us
ers\Patrick.nvmw\v0.10.29\node.exe
Done
Start install npm
Download file from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/joyent/node/v0.10.29/deps/npm/package.json
package.json
Content length is 3.58kb
Download 100%, 3.58kb / 3.58kb, 1.75mb/s ...
Donwload done
Download file from http://nodejs.org/dist/npm/npm-1.4.14.zip
npm-1.4.14.zip
Download npm 1.4.14 is done Hangs at this line for about 2 minutes
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Patrick.nvmw\v0.10.29
The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

[pmalouin]

nodejs/node-v0.x-archive#7800 mentions that npm is now bundled inside the .msi.
Seems that the way nvmw works not longer fits with how node is distributed.

[hakobera]

Thank you for letting me know. I have no idea to fix this issue, but I investigate how to fix this issue.

[heri16]

Hi there, I also have this issue, and it seems that the fix would be for get_npm.js to go to http://registry.npmjs.org/npm and find the tarball that looks like this:
"tarball":"http://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.4.14.tgz"
This tarball be extracted to .nvmw\v0.10.*\node_modules\npm

untar.js should also be created by using:
var shell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
var oExec = shell.Exec('"C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\sh.exe" --login -i -c 'cd "' + outPath + '"; gzip -dc "' + zipfile + '" ^| tar -xf -'');

[hakobera]

@pmalouin @heri16 Sorry for late response. This issue is fixed by #36