Install: Error Code 128

[daJuels]

I'm trying to install node-dash-button on a RaspberryPi (stretch lite - debian 9.4) with this command: sudo npm install node-dash-button

This is the reply: npm ERR! code 128 npm ERR! Command failed: /usr/bin/git submodule update -q --init --recursive npm ERR! fatal: Could not change back to '/root/.npm/_cacache/tmp/git-clone-c06219b0': Permission denied npm ERR!

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /root/.npm/_logs/2018-09-19T06_57_31_180Z-debug.log

This is the content of /root/.npm/_logs/2018-09-19T06_57_31_180Z-debug.log: 0 info it worked if it ends with ok 1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/bin/npm', 'install', 'node-dash-button' ] 2 info using npm@6.4.1 3 info using node@v10.10.0 4 verbose npm-session 5c2729c98d87554b 5 silly install loadCurrentTree 6 silly install readLocalPackageData 7 http fetch GET 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/node-dash-button 432ms (from cache) 8 silly pacote tag manifest for node-dash-button@latest fetched in 494ms 9 timing stage:loadCurrentTree Completed in 1353ms 10 silly install loadIdealTree 11 silly install cloneCurrentTreeToIdealTree 12 timing stage:loadIdealTree:cloneCurrentTree Completed in 2ms 13 silly install loadShrinkwrap 14 timing stage:loadIdealTree:loadShrinkwrap Completed in 62ms 15 silly install loadAllDepsIntoIdealTree 16 silly resolveWithNewModule node-dash-button@0.6.1 checking installable status 17 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for pcap@git+https://github.com/mranney/node_pcap.git Command failed: /usr/bin/git submodule update -q --init --recursive 17 silly fetchPackageMetaData fatal: Could not change back to '/root/.npm/_cacache/tmp/git-clone-c06219b0': Permission denied 18 timing stage:rollbackFailedOptional Completed in 3ms 19 timing stage:runTopLevelLifecycles Completed in 4953ms 20 silly saveTree pi 20 silly saveTree ├─┬ homebridge-wol@3.2.4 20 silly saveTree │ ├─┬ ping@0.2.2 20 silly saveTree │ │ ├── q@1.5.1 20 silly saveTree │ │ └── underscore@1.9.1 20 silly saveTree │ └── wake_on_lan@0.0.4 20 silly saveTree ├── node-dash-button@0.6.1 20 silly saveTree ├── ping@0.2.2 20 silly saveTree ├── q@1.5.1 20 silly saveTree ├── underscore@1.9.1 20 silly saveTree └── wake_on_lan@0.0.4 21 verbose stack Error: Command failed: /usr/bin/git submodule update -q --init --recursive 21 verbose stack fatal: Could not change back to '/root/.npm/_cacache/tmp/git-clone-c06219b0': Permission denied 21 verbose stack 21 verbose stack at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:289:12) 21 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13) 21 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:962:16) 21 verbose stack at Socket.stream.socket.on (internal/child_process.js:381:11) 21 verbose stack at Socket.emit (events.js:182:13) 21 verbose stack at Pipe._handle.close (net.js:606:12) 22 verbose cwd /home/pi 23 verbose Linux 4.14.69-v7+ 24 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "node-dash-button" 25 verbose node v10.10.0 26 verbose npm v6.4.1 27 error code 128 28 error Command failed: /usr/bin/git submodule update -q --init --recursive

I've tried with node v8.10.0 and v10.10.0 npm version is 6.4.1

sudo apt list --installed | grep libpcap: libpcap-dev/stable,now 1.8.1-3 all [installed] libpcap0.8/stable,now 1.8.1-3 armhf [installed] libpcap0.8-dbg/stable,now 1.8.1-3 armhf [installed] libpcap0.8-dev/stable,now 1.8.1-3 armhf [installed] libpcapnav0/stable,now 0.8-3 armhf [installed] libpcapnav0-dev/stable,now 0.8-3 armhf [installed]

I've also tried to start from scratch - no difference

[jogilder]

I finally got this to work with stretch lite. I had to make sure that everything was up to date on the pi ` sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get autoremove

sudo apt-get autoclean ` After a restart I was then able to finally import the node from the graphical interface. It was all quite painful.

[niccolospa]

the solution provided from @jogilder didn't work for me, @daJuels did you solve it?

[daJuels]

I didn't try it yet - my homebridge setup is more or less stable at the moment and the dash buttons are nonessential for me..

[jogilder]

To be honest even though I got beyond the install error I've had to stop using node-red. Another node couldn't recover from WiFi glitches so I've written a python script instead.