title: Error publishing a new version of a package in npm
body: <p>I'm trying to republish a package using npm. I did update the package version in <code>package.json</code>, yet I get the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>npm ERR! publish Failed PUT 404
  npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.3.9600
  npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs
  \\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "publish"
  npm ERR! node v0.12.3
  npm ERR! npm  v2.9.1
  npm ERR! code E404
  
  npm ERR! 404 missing : @psychodelicgod/npm
  npm ERR! 404
  npm ERR! 404 '@psychodelicgod/npm' is not in the npm registry.
  npm ERR! 404 You should bug the author to publish it (or use the name yourself!)
  
  npm ERR! 404
  npm ERR! 404 Note that you can also install from a
  npm ERR! 404 tarball, folder, http url, or git url.
  
  npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
  npm ERR!     C:\Users\Michał Szydłowski\npm\npm-debug.log
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and my <code>debug.log</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>0 info it worked if it ends with ok
  1 verbose cli [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe',
  1 verbose cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
  1 verbose cli   'publish' ]
  2 info using npm@2.9.1
  3 info using node@v0.12.3
  4 verbose node symlink C:\Program Files\nodejs\\node.exe
  5 verbose publish [ '.' ]
  6 silly cache add args [ '.', null ]
  7 verbose cache add spec .
  8 silly cache add parsed spec { raw: '.',
  8 silly cache add   scope: null,
  8 silly cache add   name: null,
  8 silly cache add   rawSpec: '.',
  8 silly cache add   spec: 'C:\\Users\\Michał Szydłowski\\npm',
  8 silly cache add   type: 'directory' }
  9 verbose addLocalDirectory C:\Users\Michał Szydłowski\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\@psychodelicgod\npm\1.0.2\package.tgz not in flight; packing
  10 verbose tar pack [ 'C:\\Users\\Michał Szydłowski\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm-cache\\@psychodelicgod\\npm\\1.0.2\\package.tgz',
  10 verbose tar pack   'C:\\Users\\Michał Szydłowski\\npm' ]
  11 verbose tarball C:\Users\Michał Szydłowski\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\@psychodelicgod\npm\1.0.2\package.tgz
  12 verbose folder C:\Users\Michał Szydłowski\npm
  13 info prepublish @psychodelicgod/npm@1.0.2
  14 verbose addLocalTarball adding from inside cache C:\Users\Michał Szydłowski\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\@psychodelicgod\npm\1.0.2\package.tgz
  15 silly cache afterAdd @psychodelicgod/npm@1.0.2
  16 verbose afterAdd C:\Users\Michał Szydłowski\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\@psychodelicgod\npm\1.0.2\package\package.json not in flight; writing
  17 verbose afterAdd C:\Users\Michał Szydłowski\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\@psychodelicgod\npm\1.0.2\package\package.json written
  18 silly publish { name: '@psychodelicgod/npm',
  18 silly publish   version: '1.0.2',
  18 silly publish   description: 'd',
  18 silly publish   main: 'index.js',
  18 silly publish   scripts: { test: 'node test.js' },
  18 silly publish   author: '',
  18 silly publish   license: 'ISC',
  18 silly publish   dependencies: { '@linclark/pkg': '^1.0.2' },
  18 silly publish   repository: { type: 'git', url: 'C:\\Users\\Michał Szydłowski\\npm' },
  18 silly publish   readme: 'Sample description.',
  18 silly publish   readmeFilename: 'README.md',
  18 silly publish   _id: '@psychodelicgod/npm@1.0.2',
  18 silly publish   _shasum: 'b66a8a42e64f0a2b8166ce511629e107d47ab027',
  18 silly publish   _from: '.' }
  19 verbose getPublishConfig undefined
  20 silly mapToRegistry name @psychodelicgod/npm
  21 silly mapToRegistry scope (from package name) @psychodelicgod
  22 verbose mapToRegistry no registry URL found in name for scope @psychodelicgod
  23 silly mapToRegistry using default registry
  24 silly mapToRegistry registry http://localhost:15443/
  25 silly mapToRegistry uri http://localhost:15443/@psychodelicgod%2fnpm
  26 verbose publish registryBase http://localhost:15443/
  27 silly publish uploading C:\Users\Michał Szydłowski\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\@psychodelicgod\npm\1.0.2\package.tgz
  28 verbose request uri http://localhost:15443/@psychodelicgod%2fnpm
  29 verbose request sending authorization for write operation
  30 info attempt registry request try #1 at 13:11:50
  31 verbose request id e5c460330af2176f
  32 http request PUT http://localhost:15443/@psychodelicgod%2fnpm
  33 http 404 http://localhost:15443/@psychodelicgod%2fnpm
  34 verbose headers { 'content-type': 'application/json',
  34 verbose headers   date: 'Fri, 03 Jul 2015 11:11:50 GMT',
  34 verbose headers   connection: 'keep-alive',
  34 verbose headers   'transfer-encoding': 'chunked' }
  35 verbose request invalidating C:\Users\Michał Szydłowski\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\localhost_15443\_40psychodelicgod_252fnpm on PUT
  36 error publish Failed PUT 404
  37 verbose stack Error: missing : @psychodelicgod/npm
  37 verbose stack     at CachingRegistryClient.&lt;anonymous&gt; (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-registry-client\lib\request.js:247:14)
  37 verbose stack     at Request._callback (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-registry-client\lib\request.js:170:14)
  37 verbose stack     at Request.self.callback (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\request\request.js:368:22)
  37 verbose stack     at Request.emit (events.js:110:17)
  37 verbose stack     at Request.&lt;anonymous&gt; (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\request\request.js:1219:14)
  37 verbose stack     at Request.emit (events.js:129:20)
  37 verbose stack     at IncomingMessage.&lt;anonymous&gt; (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\request\request.js:1167:12)
  37 verbose stack     at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:129:20)
  37 verbose stack     at _stream_readable.js:908:16
  37 verbose stack     at process._tickCallback (node.js:355:11)
  38 verbose statusCode 404
  39 verbose pkgid @psychodelicgod/npm
  40 verbose cwd C:\Users\Michał Szydłowski\npm
  41 error Windows_NT 6.3.9600
  42 error argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "publish"
  43 error node v0.12.3
  44 error npm  v2.9.1
  45 error code E404
  46 error 404 missing : @psychodelicgod/npm
  46 error 404
  46 error 404 '@psychodelicgod/npm' is not in the npm registry.
  46 error 404 You should bug the author to publish it (or use the name yourself!)
  46 error 404
  46 error 404 Note that you can also install from a
  46 error 404 tarball, folder, http url, or git url.
  47 verbose exit [ 1, true ]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've tried several similar answers here, but none of this is helping. Any ideas?</p>