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Permission denied in for npm install on ubuntu 16.10 #195

Closed kasrasadeghi closed 6 years ago

kasrasadeghi commented 7 years ago

I'm using nvm to install Node.js.

After doing so, when I try npm install -g elm

it gives the following printout:

root@Ubuntu:~# npm install -g elmh
npm WARN deprecated node-uuid@1.4.7: use uuid module instead
/home/username/.nvm/versions/node/v7.4.0/bin/elm-make -> /home/username
/.nvm/versions/node/v7.4.0/lib/node_modules/elm/binwrappers/elm-make
/home/username/.nvm/versions/node/v7.4.0/bin/elm -> /home/username/.nvm/versions/node/v7.4.0/lib/node_modules/elm/binwrappers/elm
/home/username/.nvm/versions/node/v7.4.0/bin/elm-package -> /home/username/.nvm/versions/node/v7.4.0/lib/node_modules/elm/binwrappers/elm-package
/home/username/.nvm/versions/node/v7.4.0/bin/elm-reactor -> /home/username/.nvm/versions/node/v7.4.0/lib/node_modules/elm/binwrappers/elm-reactor
/home/username/.nvm/versions/node/v7.4.0/bin/elm-repl -> /home/username/.nvm/versions/node/v7.4.0/lib/node_modules/elm/binwrappers/elm-repl

> elm@0.18.0 install /home/username/.nvm/versions/node/v7.4.0/lib/node_modules/elm
> node install.js

sh: 1: node: Permission denied
npm ERR! Linux 4.8.0-32-generic
npm ERR! argv "/home/username/.nvm/versions/node/v7.4.0/bin/node" "/home/username/.nvm/versions/node/v7.4.0/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "elm"
npm ERR! node v7.4.0
npm ERR! npm  v4.0.5
npm ERR! file sh
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall spawn

npm ERR! elm@0.18.0 install: `node install.js`
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the elm@0.18.0 install script 'node install.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the elm package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node install.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs elm
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls elm
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

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

EDIT: This is on Ubuntu 16.10

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kasrasadeghi commented 7 years ago

This is the log file. npm-debug.log

spikefoo commented 7 years ago

Reproduced with a similar error using a fresh Ubuntu 16.04 (after installing nodejs and npm):

root@test:~# npm install -g elm
npm WARN deprecated node-uuid@1.4.7: use uuid module instead
/usr/local/bin/elm -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/elm/binwrappers/elm
/usr/local/bin/elm-make -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/elm/binwrappers/elm-make
/usr/local/bin/elm-package -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/elm/binwrappers/elm-package
/usr/local/bin/elm-reactor -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/elm/binwrappers/elm-reactor
/usr/local/bin/elm-repl -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/elm/binwrappers/elm-repl

> elm@0.18.0 install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/elm
> node install.js

sh: 1: node: not found
npm ERR! Linux 4.4.0-57-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "elm"
npm ERR! node v4.2.6
npm ERR! npm  v3.5.2
npm ERR! file sh
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall spawn

npm ERR! elm@0.18.0 install: `node install.js`
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the elm@0.18.0 install script 'node install.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the elm package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node install.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs elm
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls elm
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /root/npm-debug.log

It was fixed for me after running apt-get install nodejs-legacy, which installs a symlink (/usr/bin/node -> nodejs). Does it work for you?

The error probably comes from this line:

"install": "node install.js"

Can it be fixed so it works for Ubuntu users who didn't install nodejs-legacy? Or should the documentation for the NPM package be updated to say Ubuntu users must install nodejs-legacy?

kasrasadeghi commented 7 years ago

Installing nodejs-legacy didn't work. I also tried just installing nodejs. As I'm using NVM, the executable for node.js is "node" and while your line says sh: 1: node: not found mine says sh: 1: node: Permission denied, even as root.

kasrasadeghi commented 7 years ago

I think I may need to find the node executable and then chown something. EDIT: nope, that doesn't seem to have worked.

kasrasadeghi commented 7 years ago

I resolved it by following this thanks to @eeue56.

0xmichalis commented 7 years ago

Stumbled upon the same issue on an Ubuntu 16.10 machine, installing nodejs-legacy did the trick.

benjamin-rood commented 7 years ago

@kasrasadeghi As a general rule/warning to everyone: NEVER CHOWN ANYTHING IN YOUR /usr or any default root directory. It can seriously ruin your OS.

minhchuduc commented 7 years ago

@kasrasadeghi you can fix it by: 

$ sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm
$ sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/lib/node_modules

then reinstall elm by: $ npm install -g elm ## NO SUDO! NO ROOT!

benjamin-rood commented 7 years ago

Never ever sudo chown anything like this. It can break your OS. Node is shit, stop using it. Try yarn instead. 

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https://github.com/kasrasadeghi you can fix it by:

sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/lib/node_modules

then reinstall elm by:

$ npm install -g elm ## NO SUDO! NO ROOT!

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rtfeldman commented 6 years ago

OP's issue was resolved.