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seishun / node-steam

Interface directly with Steam servers from Node.js
MIT License
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npm error #393

Closed HeyK20 closed 7 years ago

HeyK20 commented 7 years ago

I keep getting an error when trying to "sudo npm install steam" on my vps. It is running Ubuntu 16.04 server and I doesn't seem to want to work. This is the error I am getting.

npm ERR! Linux 2.6.32-042stab120.11 npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "steam" npm ERR! node v4.2.6 npm ERR! npm v3.5.2 npm ERR! code ENOSELF

npm ERR! Refusing to install steam as a dependency of itself npm ERR! npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at: npm ERR! https://github.com/npm/npm/issues

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

seishun commented 7 years ago
  1. Why are you using sudo?
  2. In which directory are you running the command?
HeyK20 commented 7 years ago
  1. I don't have permission to run the command properly, as I was not logged in as root
  2. Inside of node-steam-master
seishun commented 7 years ago

...Then the issue is exactly what your error says: "Refusing to install steam as a dependency of itself"

I have no idea what you're trying to do, but either run npm install steam inside your own project's directory, or just npm install in node-steam's directory.