npm install error - Invalid tag name ">=^16.0.0"

[benbro]

I'm getting an error when running npm install:

Invalid tag name ">=^16.0.0": Tags may not have any characters that encodeURIComponent encodes.

I'm trying to install this app using:
node.js v15.5.0
npm 7.3.0

npm/cli#1734

[kbokhonko]

Hi. Have you found a solution for this?

[tokomeno-kaltura]

Having the same problem

before closing the issue please add the solution

[Jaygiri]

@tokomeno-kaltura try

npm install --legacy-peer-deps

[shapkarin]

@Jaygiri can you please explain why that happens? because I got that error at npm update and does not looks like I can fix it with npm install --legacy-peer-deps

npm update
npm ERR! code EINVALIDTAGNAME
npm ERR! Invalid tag name ">=^16.0.0": Tags may not have any characters that encodeURIComponent encodes.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
...

[Jaygiri]

@shapkarin I haven't tested --legacy-peer-deps with npm update. May be that fix works for npm install since peer deps where ignored.

It is possible that you have found some issue with npm because as per documentation --legacy-peer-deps should work with npm update.

That said I don't know what was the legacy behavior pre-v7. What you are getting is syntax error ">=^16.0.0" should be ">=16.0.0" and in current version for react-tooltip it is updated.

I would recommend updating to latest version of react-tooltip manually and then running npm update.

[shapkarin]

@Jaygiri make sense, npm i --save react-tooltip@latest helped.

[inerfil]

--legacy-peer-deps really works as band-aid, but it has to find a real solution.

[danielbarion]

Hi @inerfil, this is a closed issue related to V4, if are you having the same problem with V5, please let us know in a new issue, thanks!

[keeganwitt]

The problem was in the last v3 release here: https://github.com/ReactTooltip/react-tooltip/blob/v3.11.6/package.json#L61-L62
The problem was in v4.0.0 here: https://github.com/ReactTooltip/react-tooltip/blob/v4.0.0/package.json#L61-L62
But it was fixed in v4.0.1: https://github.com/ReactTooltip/react-tooltip/blob/v4.0.1/package.json#L60-L61

See the 4.0.1 release notes, which reference the fix in f30ae74.

An override might be a way to work around this issue or just upgrade to 4.0.1 or later.