Our app depends on this npm package, all of a sudden it stopped working, and not able to install it again through npm i. How can I fix this?
Error while installing it: mat stepper bar is not in the npm registry
Below is the message from their official webpage
Mat-stepper-bar is a JavaScript package in the npm registry that has been compromised. Our team is working on it :( If you have any questions, please email us at ngmicroapp@gmail.com
It looks like the package was deleted from NPM recently, since it is still in Google's cache.
Unfortunately, there is not much you can do. There is no repository listed in the README or in the published package details - if you knew that the source code lived on a repo in GitHub, you could install the package from there, instead.
Your best bet is to try to find a public NPM mirror that still has the package. Aliyun seems to have one, although I am not very familiar with that site and do not know if that is a reliable source.
Going forward, you should keep a local NPM mirror if you use volatile packages.
A better rule of thumb, however, is to avoid relying on relatively unused and undeveloped packages.
Before using a package, ensure that it:
Using a package that fails to meet these requirements adds technical debt to your product, as you are more likely to encounter bugs, take longer to understand undocumented functions, or may discover that the package is renamed or deleted.
