i am getting error related to browser not downloaded. The browser is installed and functional

mandeep-bal commented 4 years ago

Error: Browser is not downloaded. Run "npm install" or "yarn install" at ChromeLauncher.launch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gsts/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/Launcher.js:236:15) at module.exports.launch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gsts/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/Puppeteer.js:40:27) at PuppeteerExtra.launch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gsts/node_modules/puppeteer-extra/dist/index.cjs.js:129:41)

limewxr commented 4 years ago

Not sure if this is the same issue or not, but one user of mine reported the following error when trying to install gsts with the command npm install --global gsts:

> puppeteer@2.1.1 install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/gsts/node_modules/puppeteer
> node install.js
ERROR: Failed to download Chromium r722234! Set "PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD" env variable to skip download.
Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gsts/node_modules/puppeteer/.local-chromium'
  -- ASYNC --
    at BrowserFetcher.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gsts/node_modules/puppeteer/lib/helper.js:111:15)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gsts/node_modules/puppeteer/install.js:66:16)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:956:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:973:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:812:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:724:14)
    at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1025:10)
    at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:11 {
  errno: -13,
  code: 'EACCES',
  syscall: 'mkdir',
  path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gsts/node_modules/puppeteer/.local-chromium'
}
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! puppeteer@2.1.1 install: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1

I would appreciate any thoughts on this. Thanks!

ruimarinho commented 4 years ago

@limewxr @mandeep-bal this is typically an issue with permissions on the host. What I recommend is either owning the directory where npm or yarn install their artifacts - in this case, sudo chown -R <your_username>: /usr/local/lib/ or, if you're comfortable, sudo npm install --global gsts. The latter is unrecommended for security reasons.

ruimarinho commented 4 years ago

@mandeep-bal try to browse to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/gsts/node_modules/puppeteer and running node install.js.

limewxr commented 4 years ago

@ruimarinho thank you!

limewxr commented 3 years ago

hey @ruimarinho , recently we encountered the same error as well, and solved it by following your instructions. It would be great if you can add it into the readme https://github.com/ruimarinho/gsts#troubleshooting when you have time, so that users know this is a known issue (with working solution) that can happen to some users. Thank you a lot!

Error: Browser is not downloaded. Run "npm install" or "yarn install"

ruimarinho commented 3 years ago

@limewxr thanks, added in https://github.com/ruimarinho/gsts/commit/40e59ce6cfd6e8f89b3bf8e256ac0a63d2676785.

ruimarinho / gsts

i am getting error related to browser not downloaded. The browser is installed and functional #20