struggling with installing npm package dependencies

My main objective is to integrate grunt-html-validation into my project, and my general goal is to understand how to enforce npm package dependencies installation. I embarked on this journey due to encountering high-risk errors when running npm audit related to qs. Upon executing npm install request@latest and npm install qs@latest, I encountered no errors. However, even after doing so, the output of npm list qs did not showcase the anticipated outcome, which would be for qs to be updated to a recent version as indicated by the npm audit.

Command#1:

sudo npm install qs

outputs:

npm WARN <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b8dfcacdd6cc95d0ccd5d495ced9d4d1dcd9ccd1d7d6f8889689968980">[email protected]</a> requires a peer of grunt@~0.4.1 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
+ <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b1c0c2f1879f849f83">[email protected]</a>
added 1 package from 1 contributor, updated 1 package and audited 623 packages in 4.014s
found 19 vulnerabilities (3 low, 10 moderate, 6 high)

Command #2:

sudo npm install request@latest

outputs:

+ <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c9bbacb8bcacbabd89fbe7f1f1e7f9">[email protected]</a>
updated 1 package in 2.584s

Command#3:

npm list qs

outputs:

<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3f584d4a514b12574b525312495e53565b5e4b5650517f0f110e110e07">[email protected]</a>
|
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="225047535747515662100c11160c12">[email protected]</a>
|
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6d7d5e69688908890">[email protected]</a>

Some observations and questions arising from my troubleshooting: - Why is 

<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="284f5b6818061e061e">[email protected]</a>
not updating? It is at the end of the dependency chain. I even attempted deleting 
@my_project/node_modules/request/node_modules/qs
without success. I then modified 
@my_project/node_modules/request/package.json/dependencies/qs
to ~3.1.0 just to check if it would reflect in npm list qs. However, it did not, although 
@my_project/node_modules/request/node_modules/qs/package.json
now shows version 3.1.0. I also performed npm cache clean multiple times. - Why did not Command#1 update 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="354750444050464175071b06011b05">[email protected]</a>
in my dependency chain?

I am also encountering these warnings during 

npm install grunt-html-validation
:

npm WARN deprecated <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="214f4e45440c5454484561100f150f19">[email protected]</a>: Use uuid module instead
npm WARN deprecated <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="066e69636d4636283f2837">[email protected]</a>: The major version is no longer supported. Please update to 4.x or newer
npm WARN <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a7c0d5d2c9d38acfd3cacb8ad1c6cbcec3c6d3cec8c9e797899689969f">[email protected]</a> requires a peer of grunt@~0.4.1 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
javascriptnpm

Answer №1

Resolved: It turned out that the issue was caused by nested node modules within my project directory, with two layers of dependencies like this: grunt-html-validation => request => qs and request => qs

To fix this, I had to update the version in the package.json file for both 'request' folders, run npm cache clean, and then the versions were successfully updated.

Answer №2

<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="503722253e247d38243d3c7d26313c39343124393f3e10607e617e6168">[email protected]</a>
relies on request@~2.34.0, meaning it will always install request version 2.34.x regardless of your main package's dependencies.

The ideal solution is for the dependency to update its own dependencies. However, in cases like an abandoned package, you can also utilize overrides in your package.json file, like this:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "grunt-html-validation": "^0.1.18"
  },
  "overrides": {
    "request": "2.88.0"
  }
}

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