Why is npm not installing packages?

Question

Node.js

Hello.
I have this problem, I can't install anything with npm. The download takes forever.
I'm on ubuntu 16.04 x64 . I'm
sinning on gulp 4.0 because after installing this miracle alpha package, nothing wants to be installed either globally or locally.
It looks like this:

The loading bar remains empty and no entries appear to the left of it about what is being installed.
PS uninstalled gulp 4.0 and reinstalled nodejs and npm several times, even compiled from nodejs sources - alas, it doesn't work...

Answer 1

Most likely a problem with the npm/node installation, since the package cannot mess up npm/node. Have you tried installing the package without the flag -g? If the goal is to install packages globally, then try the sudo npm i -g ....

Answer 2

Because npm has been broken for a while