Error during installation

[logrox]

Current behavior

$ npm i cypress@13.6.4 --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /home/[user]/WebstormProjects/[project]/node_modules/cypress
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c node index.js --exec install

Debug logs

0 verbose cli /snap/node/8169/bin/node /usr/local/bin/npm
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2 info using node@v20.11.0
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89 info run cypress@13.6.4 postinstall { code: 1, signal: null }
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91 timing reify:rollback:retireShallow Completed in 0ms
92 timing command:i Completed in 1863ms
93 verbose stack Error: command failed
93 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/promise-spawn/lib/index.js:53:27)
93 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:518:28)
93 verbose stack     at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1105:16)
93 verbose stack     at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:305:5)
94 verbose pkgid cypress@13.6.4
95 verbose cwd /home/[user]/WebstormProjects/[project]
96 verbose Linux 5.14.0-1048-oem
97 verbose node v20.11.0
98 verbose npm  v10.4.0
99 error code 1
100 error path /home/[user]/WebstormProjects/[project]/node_modules/cypress
101 error command failed
102 error command sh -c node index.js --exec install
103 verbose exit 1
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108 verbose unfinished npm timer build:deps 1707117798485
109 verbose unfinished npm timer build:run:postinstall 1707117798486
110 verbose unfinished npm timer build:run:postinstall:node_modules/cypress 1707117798486
111 verbose code 1
112 error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/[user]/.npm/_logs/2024-02-05T07_23_17_313Z-debug-0.log

Cypress Version

13.6.4

Node version

20.11.0

Package Manager

npm

Package Manager Version

10.4.0

Operating system

Linux

Operating System Version

Ubuntu 22.04.3

Other

64Bit; Gnome:42.9

[jennifer-shehane]

@logrox I can't really track down from the logs that this is an issue with Cypress itself. Does this happen on every install you try of Cypress?

[logrox]

@logrox I can't really track down from the logs that this is an issue with Cypress itself. Does this happen on every install you try of Cypress?

This is what happens every time I install. What's worse, even when creating a new project from scratch, npm init; npm install cypress; Then there is also a problem. Additionally, I only have this problem on the mentioned system. For the Ubuntu version without a graphical environment (production), everything is OK. It is also fine for the Docker version. I have been struggling with this for 2 weeks, if the problem is not solved, I will reinstall the system.

[logrox]

I found a solution to the problem. I had NodeJS installed with Ubuntu Software. I uninstalled and downloaded from https://github.com/nodesource/distributions?tab=readme-ov-file#using-ubuntu.

It remains to determine why Ubuntu Software does not work.

[MikeMcC399]

@logrox

You normally do not need to install the source of Node.js (https://github.com/nodesource/distributions?tab=readme-ov-file#using-ubuntu) in order to install Cypress.

In practice it is convenient on Ubuntu to install Node.js with a node-version manager so that you can easily switch between versions for testing. There is a list of these on https://github.com/shadowspawn/node-version-usage. I use n – Interactively Manage Your Node.js Versions on Ubuntu and that is my personal preference.

[zeno-ce]

I experienced the same problem when installing cypress on both pop_os and Ubuntu 24.04 but only when node was installed as a snap. When I installed node using apt the problem was resolved. Seems related to a (lack of) permissions when node is running as a snap.

[MikeMcC399]

@zeno-ce

Thanks for your comment about problems installing Cypress when Node.js is installed as a snap package https://github.com/nodejs/snap

I can reproduce this problem.

Workaround

npm install cypress -D --ignore-scripts
npx cypress install

Generally, Node.js installed via snap is not flexible enough for use with Cypress as it does not allow a choice of which Node.js version to install. At the moment it installs Node.js 20.14.0 which is almost the LTS version.

[zeno-ce]

@MikeMcC399 Thanks for the workaround, you have some control when installing snaps using their channels. For node there are channels from v6 to latest/edge which is currently 23, but latest stable channel is indeed 20.14. I encountered the problem while using channel 18, which was node 18.20.

[MikeMcC399]

@zeno-ce

Thanks for filling in my missing know-how on Node.js with snap!

[MikeMcC399]

• I opened an issue https://github.com/nodejs/snap/issues/68 for this installation problem when Node.js has been installed as a snap package.

Workaround

Workaround - split postinstall phase

npm install cypress -D --ignore-scripts
npx cypress install

Workaround - install Node.js with nvm

Install Node.js on Ubuntu with nvm according to instructions on https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager

# installs nvm (Node Version Manager)
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | bash

# download and install Node.js (you may need to restart the terminal)
nvm install 20

# verifies the right Node.js version is in the environment
node -v # should print `v20.15.0`

# verifies the right NPM version is in the environment
npm -v # should print `10.7.0`

[MikeMcC399]

Another workaround for installing Cypress with snap node (+npm) seems to be

npm install cypress -D --foreground-scripts