इस त्रुटि के लिए यहां कुछ लॉग दिए गए हैं जो मदद कर सकते हैं:

19 verbose stack TypeError: Cannot read property 'match' of undefined
19 verbose stack     at tarballToVersion (/home/jpage/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/inflate-shrinkwrap.js:87:20)
19 verbose stack     at inflatableChild (/home/jpage/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/inflate-shrinkwrap.js:99:22)
19 verbose stack     at /home/jpage/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/inflate-shrinkwrap.js:55:12
19 verbose stack     at tryCatcher (/home/jpage/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
19 verbose stack     at Object.gotValue (/home/jpage/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/reduce.js:155:18)
19 verbose stack     at Object.gotAccum (/home/jpage/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/reduce.js:144:25)
19 verbose stack     at Object.tryCatcher (/home/jpage/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
19 verbose stack     at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (/home/jpage/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:517:31)
19 verbose stack     at Promise._settlePromise (/home/jpage/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:574:18)
19 verbose stack     at Promise._settlePromise0 (/home/jpage/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:619:10)
19 verbose stack     at Promise._settlePromises (/home/jpage/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:699:18)
19 verbose stack     at _drainQueueStep (/home/jpage/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:138:12)
19 verbose stack     at _drainQueue (/home/jpage/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:131:9)
19 verbose stack     at Async._drainQueues (/home/jpage/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:147:5)
19 verbose stack     at Immediate.Async.drainQueues [as _onImmediate] (/home/jpage/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:17:14)
19 verbose stack     at processImmediate (internal/timers.js:456:21)
20 verbose cwd /home/jpage/Code/vnext-api
21 verbose Linux 4.4.0-18362-Microsoft
22 verbose argv "/home/jpage/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/bin/node" "/home/jpage/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.1/bin/npm" "audit" "fix"
23 verbose node v12.16.1
24 verbose npm  v6.14.2
25 error Cannot read property 'match' of undefined
26 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

उस स्टैक से, ऐसा लगता है कि समस्या यह है कि sw.version यहाँ undefined है:

https://github.com/npm/cli/blob/latest/lib/install/inflate-shrinkwrap.js#L99

अपराधी मिल गया। किसी तरह, लॉकफाइल में एक विकृत निर्भरता सहेजी गई थी। की तरह देखा:

"rc": {}

उसे हटाने के बाद, npm install ने एक बार फिर काम किया।

मेरा मानना ​​​​है कि यह एक npm audit fix था जो उससे ठीक पहले चलाया गया था, लेकिन यह बेहतर ट्रैक रखने की कोशिश करेगा कि किस सटीक कदम ने इसे उत्पन्न किया।