Cannot npm install from bitbucket repo

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I'm trying to install a private package recently moved from github to bitbucket.

npm install [email protected]:owner/repo.git

ends up with

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/git

(note package in the url) with this error:

npm ERR! notarget No compatible version found: git@'bitbucket.org:flyvictor/fortune-secruity.git'

(note a ' just after @)

I tried to escape @, wrap repo name in quotes, but always get same result.

For github we use urls formatted as git://github.com/owner/repo#v.v.v and this works fine! But if I use same syntax for bitbucket npm just hangs doing nothing.

Any idea?

p.s. keys, access right and so one are correct. I can contribute to these repos, clone them with git, but not to npm install. Github packages that get installed well are also private.

user1610694 · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-13 05:29:36Z

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npm install git+ssh://[email protected]/{user}/{repository}.git

answered Sep 13, 2014 at 5:29

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majidarif Over a year ago

but it saves a temporary path to the package.json. is that normal?

ptim Over a year ago

this other answer may be relevant (or not) stackoverflow.com/a/10391718/2586761

ptim Over a year ago

.. and it helped my sanity to check that my credentials were functioning: ssh -T [email protected]

amann Over a year ago

How would you do it if the package is within a subdirectory of the repo? npm can't install a directory that doesn't contain a package.json

basarat Over a year ago

What about tag version?

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gztomas · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-09 18:20:49Z

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npm install bitbucket:<bitbucketname>/<bitbucketrepo>

answered May 9, 2017 at 18:20

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Abraham · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-03 16:06:29Z

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Declaimer: As Eric Uldall said: this method is easy but it lacks security. You have now committed a password in plain text to your repository. That's how is working out lately for me, but not recommended.

Straight from the npm Documentation for the install command:

$ npm install bitbucket:<bitbucketname>/<bitbucketrepo>[#<commit-ish>]

Example:

$ npm install bitbucket:mybitbucketuser/myproject

The Yarn documentation for add as of today Feb 28, 2019 doesn't have support for git repositories.

The above example didn't work for me with private repositories, because you will need to generate a token to use it. How is that?

Login to your Bitbucket account and under user settings add an app password:

Then you can add the dependency to your package.json as:

"dependencies": {
    "module": "git+https://<username>:<app-password>@bitbucket.org/<owner>/<repo>.git"
}

or on your terminal type:

npm install git+https://<username>:<app-password>@bitbucket.org/<repo-owner>/<repo>.git

Don't forget to replace:

username: with your username
password: with your app password
repo-owner: with the owner of the repo
repo: with the repository name of the module

edited Dec 3, 2019 at 16:06

answered Feb 28, 2019 at 16:58

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Eric Uldall Over a year ago

This method is easy but it lacks security. You have now committed a password in plain text to your repository. If you were to have a public repo that installed a private repo at build time, that private repo will now be accessible to anyone, thus making it not so private anymore. It's best to add either an account level ssh key from your machine or install custom deploy keys for each application/repo that is needed. Not to mention the user's question was not in regards to access but rather a syntax question about how to npm install from bitbucket.

smacktrack · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-18 13:15:09Z

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npm install ssh://[email protected]:{user}/{repository}.git

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sver · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-11 05:53:36Z

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I tried a lot of ways but only this worked for me :

npm install -s https://bitbucket.org/owner/repo-name/commits/tag/0.1.0

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Harshal Pagar · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-07 17:21:45Z

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if your git server is exposed on HTTP protocol and you want to install specific branch use following format

"your-module": "git+http://team-user:[email protected]/git/my-module.git#branchName",

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abmap · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-19 03:44:35Z

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So in order to install npm package from remote git repository, you need to make sure

You have git binary installed in your machine/virtual machine/container you're working on
You have access to the repo, and I recommend you to use https instead of ssh for the protocol for the public repo because ssh protocol requires you to have ssh credentials.

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