[BUG] E404 Not Found - GET https://registry.npmjs.org/create-index.js

[PixGuy]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

This issue exists in the latest npm version

• I am using the latest npm

Current Behavior

When I try to run npm init index.js (even if its a blank project with no dependencies) this happens:

npm ERR! code E404
npm ERR! 404 Not Found - GET https://registry.npmjs.org/create-index.js - Not found
npm ERR! 404
npm ERR! 404  'create-index.js@*' is not in this registry.
npm ERR! 404
npm ERR! 404 Note that you can also install from a
npm ERR! 404 tarball, folder, http url, or git url.

Expected Behavior

The project was supposed to run normally when executed

Steps To Reproduce

1. Make an empty NPM project with npm init
2. Attempt to run the project with npm init index.js

Environment

• npm: 10.2.4
• Node.js: 20.11.0
• OS Name: Gentoo Linux
• System Model Name: Custom
• npm config:

; "user" config from /home/enhaced/.npmrc

registry = "https://registry.npmjs.org/"

; node bin location = /usr/bin/node
; node version = v20.11.0
; npm local prefix = /home/enhaced/nn
; npm version = 10.2.4
; cwd = /home/enhaced/nn
; HOME = /home/enhaced
; Run `npm config ls -l` to show all defaults.

[ljharb]

What do you expect will happen with that command? npm init is usually run bare, and when given an argument, it installs a package named by that argument prefixed with create-.

[PixGuy]

What do you expect will happen with that command? npm init is usually run bare, and when given an argument, it installs a package named by that argument prefixed with create-.

issue on my end, sorry :(