generate-ros-messages missing in NPM registry?

[tytremblay]

Description When navigating to https://registry.npmjs.org/generate-ros-messages, my team and I get a 404 error.

$ npx generate-ros-messages
npm ERR! code E404
npm ERR! 404 Not Found - GET https://registry.npmjs.org/generate-ros-messages - Not found
npm ERR! 404 
npm ERR! 404  'generate-ros-messages@*' 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.

• Library Version: 0.21.4
• ROS Version: foxy
• Platform / OS: ubuntu 20.04

Steps To Reproduce navigate to https://registry.npmjs.org/generate-ros-messages

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[tytremblay]

I was not aware that rclnodejs compiled generate-ros-messages and used it locally.