Unity 5.4b: npm unable to find missing packages on unity startup

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Hi,
I tried to upgrade unity editor from version 5.1 (unity-editor-5.1.0f3+2015082501_amd64.deb) to 5.4b (5.4.0b10+20160317_amd64.deb) using official installer. The installation was successful. However unity is getting stuck at launch screen. I’ve checked Editor.log and the below snippet seems to be of interest
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ListPackages failed, output: {
“name”: “unity-editor”,
“version”: “5.3.0”,
“problems”: [
“missing: unity-editor-home@0.1.17, required by unity-editor@5.3.0”,
“missing: unityeditor-cloud-hub@^0.0.11, required by unity-editor@5.3.0”,
“missing: unityeditor-collab-history@^0.0.22, required by unity-editor@5.3.0”,
“missing: unityeditor-collab-toolbar@^0.0.28, required by unity-editor@5.3.0”
],
“dependencies”: {
“unity-editor-home”: {
“required”: “0.1.17”,
“missing”: true
},
“unityeditor-cloud-hub”: {
“required”: “^0.0.11”,
“missing”: true
},
“unityeditor-collab-history”: {
“required”: “^0.0.22”,
“missing”: true
},
“unityeditor-collab-toolbar”: {
“required”: “^0.0.28”,
“missing”: true
}
}
}

npm WARN package.json unity-editor@5.3.0 No repository field.
npm WARN package.json unity-editor@5.3.0 No README data
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/unity-editor-home.0.1.17.tgz
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/unityeditor-collab-toolbar.0.0.28.tgz
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/unityeditor-collab-history.0.0.22.tgz
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/unityeditor-cloud-hub.0.0.11.tgz
npm http 500 https://registry.npmjs.org/unityeditor-collab-history.0.0.22.tgz
npm ERR! TypeError: Cannot read property ‘latest’ of undefined
npm ERR! at next (/usr/share/npm/lib/cache.js:687:35)
npm ERR! at /usr/share/npm/lib/cache.js:675:5
npm ERR! at saved (/usr/share/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-client/lib/get.js:142:7)
npm ERR! at /usr/lib/nodejs/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:133:7
npm ERR! at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
npm ERR! http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! npm-@googlegroups.com
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I’ve tried to manually install one of the missing package which also failed as below
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$ npm install unity-editor-home.0.1.17.tgz
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/unity-editor-home.0.1.17.tgz
npm http 500 https://registry.npmjs.org/unity-editor-home.0.1.17.tgz
npm ERR! TypeError: Cannot read property ‘latest’ of undefined
npm ERR! at next (/usr/share/npm/lib/cache.js:687:35)
npm ERR! at /usr/share/npm/lib/cache.js:675:5
npm ERR! at saved (/usr/share/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-client/lib/get.js:142:7)
npm ERR! at /usr/lib/nodejs/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:133:7
npm ERR! at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
npm ERR! http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! npm-@googlegroups.com

npm ERR! System Linux 3.13.0-24-generic
npm ERR! command “/usr/bin/nodejs” “/usr/bin/npm” “install” “unity-editor-home.0.1.17.tgz”
npm ERR! cwd /home/ykhan/Downloads
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.25
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.10
npm ERR! type non_object_property_load
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/ykhan/Downloads/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0
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Am I missing something or is there a package related issue on the npm registry? Anyways, I’ve started download of unity-editor-5.3.4f1+20160316_amd64.deb atm.

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Did the new version work better? I can confirm that there were some strange npm bugs in the last versions.

You can try extracting unity-editor-home.0.0.11.tgz from /Editor/Data/Resources/Packages to ~/.local/share/unity3d/Packages/node_modules or something like ~/.npm/node_modules, this fixed the launcher for me in one of the older versions.

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For now I’ve switched back to 5.3.4 version and was facing the same startup issue with it as well. Thanks to your reply, it pointed me towards right direction. I copied over unityeditor-cloud-hub-0.0.1.tgz and unity-editor-home.0.0.11.tgz from /opt/Unity/Editor/Data/Resources/Packages/ directory. Created corresponding directories unityeditor-cloud-hub and unity-editor-home in ~/.local/share/unity3d/Packages/node_modules. Then I extracted tar files into corresponding package directories. Extraction created a package sub-directory containing dist directory and package.json file. I moved dist and package.json files one level up to the parent directory of package sub-directory. So for example, I’ve ~/.local/share/unity3d/Packages/node_modules/unity-editor-home directory containing dist and package.json. This solved the startup issue for me. Hopefully I will try to replicate the same for 5.4b version.

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Hello! any follow up on this from Unity???

I haven’t been able to install it properly since 5.3.x … Sure, we can work around it… but the loading time due to the timeout of the script on the splash is ridiculous …

Every time I open Unity, it tries to run: node.exe “instal” “packageXyz” “–cache:./.npm” bla …

That 404 or 500s horribly causing the editor to stall for about 20+ seconds… obscene.

5

Have you installed npm and nodejs? In 5.3.4 Unity should start just fine when both is installed, at least it did for me.

6

Thank you both - your feedback / tips here enabled me to get the latest build (5.4.0f1) working. I had to copy / extract the missing NPM packages the same and then it worked just fine.

7

Thank you @mykhani ! That solved it for me on Ubuntu 14.04 with 5.4.0f3.

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I tried extracting unity-editor-home.0.0.11.tgz from /Editor/Data/Resources/Packages to ~/.local/share/unity3d/Packages/node_modules or something like ~/.npm/node_modules.

Loading, Installing went nice.
But I cannot create new project.It is warning Error in launching, licence is invalid.

Did Unity become a paid version?shall we pay money to get licence?Please educate me on this aspect - upto now I am thinking that it is a freely available software.

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Unity has a free (as in price) license. But it is not free (as in freedom) software.

Use the Unity Hub to manage your Unity installations and licenses.