NPM missing argument #1 error when trying to install packages

Question

Getting this error when trying to install packages using npm install. Seems like an issue with npm itself. I'm running this on Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon.

npm ERR! Linux 5.4.0-42-generic npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "i" npm ERR! node v8.10.0 npm ERR! npm v3.5.2 npm ERR! code EMISSINGARG

npm ERR! typeerror Error: Missing required argument #1 npm ERR! typeerror at andLogAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:31:3) npm ERR! typeerror at fetchPackageMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:51:22) npm ERR! typeerror at resolveWithNewModule (/usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:456:12) npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:457:7 npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50 npm ERR! typeerror
at /usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:37:12 npm ERR! typeerror at addRequestedAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:82:5) npm ERR! typeerror at returnAndAddMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:117:7) npm ERR! typeerror at pickVersionFromRegistryDocument (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:134:20) npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50 npm ERR! typeerror This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at: npm ERR! typeerror http://github.com/npm/npm/issues

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! /home/theoko/Desktop/fatigue-app/npm-debug.log

Answer 1

Had an outdated version of node installed (https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/681#issuecomment-640470740).