Npm install fail

[KP_Lim]

Hi, I try to npm install ver 1.41 and 1.40 and I always get this error: npm ERR! Unsupported URL Type “workspace:”: workspace:*
Anyone can help?

[n8n]

It looks like your topic is missing some important information. Could you provide the following if applicable.

• n8n version:
• Database (default: SQLite):
• n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
• Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):
• Operating system:

[KP_Lim]

• n8n version: 1.40 and 1.41
• **Database (default: SQLite): default
• **n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): own
• **Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): npm
• **Operating system: ubuntu 22.04

[ria]

Hi @KP_Lim

Thanks for posting here and welcome to the community!

Are you trying to update your n8n version?

For this you would have to run
npm install -g n8n@ (for the latest version)
or npm install -g n8n@next (for the pre-release version)

You can find the documentation here:

npm | n8n Docs

[netroy]

@KP_Lim

Unsupported URL Type “workspace:”:

are you are running npm install inside the n8n repo?

[KP_Lim]

Yes, I have download the release and npm install at the directory. I m trying to install it on plesk server.

[netroy]

That sounds like you are trying to build n8n from source, in which case you’d need to use pnpm instead of npm, as documented in our contributors docs.

However, If all you want is to install n8n, and not build it from source, then you need to run the command pointed out by @ria above.