NPM can't find package even though it exists-CodePudding

I'm trying to run through the installation of Tailwind CSS on a Vite-based project I have, and I am running into a strange situation. I run the following command:

npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer

It tells me that lilconfig@^2.0.6 couldn't be found:

npm ERR! code ETARGET
npm ERR! notarget No matching version found for lilconfig@^2.0.6.
npm ERR! notarget In most cases you or one of your dependencies are requesting
npm ERR! notarget a package version that doesn't exist.

Despite the fact that v2.0.6 is available on npmjs.com here: https://www.npmjs.com/package/lilconfig/v/2.0.6

This error persists even after running npm cache clean --force, and I have updated npm to the latest version as of writing this: 8.18.0.

CodePudding user response：

I think this problem might be related to your internet connection. Try the same command in a different network.

CodePudding user response：

Thanks @Devamsh Manoj for the hint. The issue was that my default registry was out-of-date. So the following command worked, where I specify the registry to use manually:

npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer --registry=https://registry.npmjs.org