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waka-waka-waka
waka-waka-waka

Reputation: 1045

nodejs npm install error, how to correct?

I am trying to do npm install on a project that requires 'ref' and I get this error. Any idea how can I correct this?

I have nvm runnning and node -v = 0.10.26

[email protected] install /root/node-ffi-libvirt/nodejs-usage/ffi-libvirt/node_modules/ref

node-gyp rebuild

gyp ERR! configure error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: EACCES, mkdir '/root/node-ffi-libvirt/nodejs-usage/ffi-libvirt/node_modules/ref/build'
gyp ERR! System Linux 3.11.0-12-generic
gyp ERR! command "nodejs" "/usr/bin/node-gyp" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /root/node-ffi-libvirt/nodejs-usage/ffi-libvirt/node_modules/ref
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.15
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.10.9
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the ref package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls ref
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System Linux 3.11.0-12-generic
npm ERR! command "node" "/root/.nvm/v0.10.26/bin/npm" "install" "ref"
npm ERR! cwd /root/node-ffi-libvirt/nodejs-usage/ffi-libvirt
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.26
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.4

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1808

Answers (2)

Shrey
Shrey

Reputation: 569

try mkdir '/root/node-ffi-libvirt/nodejs-usage/ffi-libvirt/node_modules/ref/build' with the user you are running the command from. Fix that first and then run your command.

Upvotes: 0

knolleary
knolleary

Reputation: 10117

This suggests you don't have permission to create a directory.

It looks like the original project was installed as root (implied by the /root in the path) - so you must run the install as root as well.

Upvotes: 1

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