title: Can't install any packages in Node.js using "npm install"
body: <p>I'm new to Node.js, and I'm going through a few tutorials.
  For some reason, I can't install any new node modules.</p>
  
  <p>I am using:
  <strong>Mac OSX 10.7.4</strong>,
  <strong>Node v. 0.8.6</strong>,
  <strong>NPM v. 1.1.48</strong>.</p>
  
  <p>I run npm install X and I always get a</p>
  
  <pre><code>npm ERR! fetch failed https://registry.npmjs.org/-/X
  npm ERR! Error: 404 Not Found
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I actually go to the npmjs registry, I can see the project page, but no matter which tarball link I hit, it's always the same:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
      "error": "not_found",
      "reason": "document not found"
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>For example, I tried installing <strong>fs</strong> by running <em>npm install fs</em> and I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/fs
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/fs
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/-/fs-0.0.0.tgz
  npm http 404 https://registry.npmjs.org/-/fs-0.0.0.tgz
  npm ERR! fetch failed https://registry.npmjs.org/-/fs-0.0.0.tgz
  npm ERR! Error: 404 Not Found
  npm ERR!     at null.&lt;anonymous&gt; (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/fetch.js:47:16)
  npm ERR!     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:115:20)
  npm ERR!     at WriteStream.flush (fs.js:1514:12)
  npm ERR!     at fs.close (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:92:5)
  npm ERR!     at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:297:15)
  npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
  npm ERR!     &lt;http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues&gt;
  npm ERR! or email it to:
  npm ERR!     &lt;npm-@googlegroups.com&gt;
  
  npm ERR! System Darwin 11.4.0
  npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "fs"
  npm ERR! cwd /Users/comocomo/Documents/workspace/nodeTest
  npm ERR! node -v v0.8.6
  npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.48
  npm ERR! 
  npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
  npm ERR!     /Users/comocomo/Documents/workspace/nodeTest/npm-debug.log
  npm ERR! not ok code 0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tried fs, fs-extra, express, and formidable, all giving me the same 404 response.
  There must be something wrong on my part, I'm pretty sure the whole registry is not broken. </p>
  
  <p>Am I using an old registry? Should I change it in my config file? I honestly would rather not start installing things manually, and I'm sure it's just a small configuration issue.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>