Retiring the Progress NPM Registry

[tsvetomir]

Starting from this week the Kendo UI for Angular packages will be published on npmjs.com to address the many concerns users were having with this distribution channel.

To switch to the default registry:

1. Remove the following lines from your .npmrc file:

   @progress:registry=https://registry.npm.telerik.com/
   //registry.npm.telerik.com/:_authToken=<token>
   

2. Delete package-lock.json and node_modules from your project, reinstall packages.

Please note that:

• The npm registry at https://registry.npm.telerik.com will continue to function until all users have migrated away from it.
• New versions of the packages will be published only on npmjs.org.

Edit (13/03/2018): Add info for package-lock.json, formatting.

[rvovard]

Installing Kendo UI for Angular packages from npmjs.com works, thank you.

But will it go on working as it is? I mean, packages are now available for free, openly. Is this the wanted behaviour or will there be future changes?

[tsvetomir]

Packages are available without authentication, but the license still applies:

License

This is commercial software. To use it, you need to agree to the Telerik End User License Agreement for Kendo UI Complete. If you do not own a commercial license, this file shall be governed by the trial license terms.

All available Kendo UI commercial licenses may be obtained at http://www.telerik.com/purchase/kendo-ui.

[Jaygholap]

Have questions:
1.If you asking to remove two lines containing 'registry.npm.telerik.com' from .npmrc file then do we still need to keep .npmrc in project ? Because .npmrc contains only those lines with _authToken.
2.What about _authToken ? do we need to remove that as well ?
3.Can you give some example how this will work without _authToken in team project ?

[tsvetomir]

@Jaygholap if that's all .npmrc contains then go ahead and remove it entirely.
The packages will be accessible with the default npm settings and no auth token.

[squadwuschel]

@Jaygholap is the a npm command how I can remove this from my global .npmrc file. Because we don't have any .npmrc in our project folders, it seems to be globaly stored for the current user.

Or where can I find this file on a windows 7 /10 pc

[tsvetomir]

@squadwuschel it should be located at %USERPROFILE%\.npmrc

[JohannesHoppe]

I had to setup the Progress NPM Registry in multiple corporate environments, which was not funny.
Many thanks for this great discussion!

👍 👍 👍

[danobri]

I have deleted the %USERPROFILE%\.npmrc file, and searched my machine for other instances, but still get the message saying to remove lines from my .npmrc file:

npm WARN deprecated @progress/kendo-angular-popup@1.1.1: The Progress NPM Registry has been retired in favor of npmjs.com. Please remove the two lines containing 'registry.npm.telerik.com' from your .npmrc file to start using the default registry. More details at https://goo.gl/rxe5Fd

I also tried rebooting, but am still getting the warning. Any idea why?

[tsvetomir]

@danobri try running npm cache clean and remove your projects node_modules folder for good measure.