Installation blocked

[LeNouveau]

🐛 Bug Report

I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS under WSL. NPM version : 8.13.2

When running npm install -g meta, I don't have write access to process the installation.

When running sudo npm install -g meta, I'm blocked with

(⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂) ⠧ idealTree:lib: sill idealTree buildDeps

To Reproduce

Run sudo npm install -g meta.

Expected behavior

I would like meta to be installed.

[LeNouveau]

Hi again,

I figured out.

While I'm stuck, if I press "Enter", I have the following content :

root@XXXX:/home/XXX/Projects# npm install -g meta
(⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂) ⠧ idealTree:lib: sill idealTree buildDeps
npm ERR! code 128
npm ERR! An unknown git error occurred
npm ERR! command git --no-replace-objects ls-remote ssh://git@github.com/mateodelnorte/commander.js.git
npm ERR! git@github.com: Permission denied (publickey).
npm ERR! fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please make sure you have the correct access rights
npm ERR! and the repository exists.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2022-07-13T07_43_32_405Z-debug-0.log

What disturbs me is ssh:// for the repos name. It looks like when "blocked", it expect me to authenticate. But as root, I don't have RSA keys.

I tried to copy my personal RSA keys to root, run the SSH agent before running the installation command and it worked.

So, my problem is resolved.

Regards !

[jmp75]

Thanks @LeNouveau this issue was spot on and got me over a few bumps.

For interested readers, a few details that may help:

I got to the root account temporarily with sudo su for convenience. There may be ways to avoid doing so.

Then:

cd ~
eval `ssh-agent -s`

if you know which exact ssh key you have for github, ssh-add /path/to/.ssh/id_rsa, or alternatively:

cp -r /home/username/.ssh ./
ssh-add

npm i -g meta then completed

To clean up processes and possible files (disclaimer: think carefully before killing or deleting) and exit from root shell:

ps aux | grep ssh-agent | grep root
kill -9 112233
cd /root
rm -rf .ssh
exit # log out of superuser