npm install fails with package [email protected] does not satisfy peerDependencies requirements!

[fuentesjr]

sfuentes@sfuentes-desktop:~/Projects/myApp$ uname -a
Linux sfuentes-desktop 3.13.0-85-generic #129-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 17 20:50:15 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
sfuentes@sfuentes-desktop:~/Projects$ node --version
v4.4.4
sfuentes@sfuentes-desktop:~/Projects$ npm version
{ npm: '2.15.1',
  ares: '1.10.1-DEV',
  http_parser: '2.5.2',
  modules: '46',
  node: '4.4.4',
  openssl: '1.0.2h',
  uv: '1.8.0',
  v8: '4.5.103.35',
  zlib: '1.2.8' }
sfuentes@sfuentes-desktop:~/Projects$ sudo npm install -g mern-cli
[sudo] password for sfuentes: 
/usr/local/bin/mern -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/mern-cli/bin/mern.js
/usr/local/bin/merng -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/mern-cli/bin/merng.js
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-client/node_modules/npm-package-arg requires semver@'4' but will load
npm WARN unmet dependency /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/semver,
npm WARN unmet dependency which is version 5.1.0
[email protected] /usr/local/lib/node_modules/mern-cli
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected] ([email protected])
├── [email protected] ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected])
├── [email protected] ([email protected], [email protected])
├── [email protected] ([email protected])
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
└── [email protected] ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected])
sfuentes@sfuentes-desktop:~/Projects$ mern init myApp
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/sfuentes/Projects/myApp/.git/
Fetching the boilerplate...⠋
From https://github.com/Hashnode/mern-starter
Completed.....You are good to go!
sfuentes@sfuentes-desktop:~/Projects$ cd myApp/
sfuentes@sfuentes-desktop:~/Projects/myApp$ npm install
npm WARN peerDependencies The peer dependency webpack@>=1.12.9 <3.0.0 included from babel-plugin-webpack-loaders will no
npm WARN peerDependencies longer be automatically installed to fulfill the peerDependency 
npm WARN peerDependencies in npm 3+. Your application will need to depend on it explicitly.
npm WARN peerDependencies The peer dependency webpack@^1.4.0-beta6 included from chunk-manifest-webpack-plugin will no
npm WARN peerDependencies longer be automatically installed to fulfill the peerDependency 
npm WARN peerDependencies in npm 3+. Your application will need to depend on it explicitly.
npm WARN peerDependencies The peer dependency webpack@^1.9.11 included from extract-text-webpack-plugin will no
npm WARN peerDependencies longer be automatically installed to fulfill the peerDependency 
npm WARN peerDependencies in npm 3+. Your application will need to depend on it explicitly.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: cross-spawn no longer requires a build toolchain, use it instead!
npm WARN optional dep failed, continuing [email protected]
npm WARN optional dep failed, continuing [email protected]
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please update to minimatch 3.0.2 or higher to avoid a RegExp DoS issue

> [email protected] postinstall /home/sfuentes/Projects/myApp/node_modules/pre-commit/node_modules/cross-spawn/node_modules/spawn-sync
> node postinstall


> [email protected] install /home/sfuentes/Projects/myApp/node_modules/pre-commit
> node install.js


> [email protected] postinstall /home/sfuentes/Projects/myApp/node_modules/mockgoose/node_modules/mongodb-prebuilt/node_modules/spawn-sync
> node postinstall

|
> [email protected] postinstall /home/sfuentes/Projects/myApp/node_modules/mockgoose/node_modules/mongodb-prebuilt
> node install.js

done
inside extract, run complete
Done installing MongoDB
npm WARN optional dep failed, continuing [email protected]
\
> [email protected] postinstall /home/sfuentes/Projects/myApp/node_modules/postcss-cssnext/node_modules/caniuse-api
> node generator.js

caniuse-api: Generation ok
-
> [email protected] install /home/sfuentes/Projects/myApp/node_modules/limax/node_modules/pinyin/node_modules/nodejieba
> node-gyp rebuild

make: Entering directory `/home/sfuentes/Projects/myApp/node_modules/limax/node_modules/pinyin/node_modules/nodejieba/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nodejieba/lib/index.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nodejieba/lib/nodejieba.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/nodejieba.node
  COPY Release/nodejieba.node
make: Leaving directory `/home/sfuentes/Projects/myApp/node_modules/limax/node_modules/pinyin/node_modules/nodejieba/build'
npm ERR! Linux 3.13.0-85-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! node v4.4.4
npm ERR! npm  v2.15.1
npm ERR! code EPEERINVALID

npm ERR! peerinvalid The package [email protected] does not satisfy its siblings' peerDependencies requirements!
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer [email protected] wants webpack@1 || ^2.1.0-beta
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer [email protected] wants webpack@^1.9.11
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer [email protected] wants webpack@1 || ^2.1.0-beta
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer [email protected] wants webpack@^1.4.0-beta6
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer [email protected] wants webpack@>=1.12.9 <3.0.0
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer [email protected] wants webpack@^2.1.0-beta

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/sfuentes/Projects/myApp/npm-debug.log

[somus]

This problem will be fixed once you upgrade to npm 3. Upgrade by running npm install -g npm@next. Let me know whether it resolves your problem?

[fuentesjr]

@somus Yup, that was the issue. Thank you sir. I'll go ahead and close this issue now. By the way, was this relatively obvious?