Unable to install in ubuntu 14.04 #88

akshay194 · 2017-08-08T09:18:37Z

I tried installing it in Ubuntu 14.04 but it does not work, please help.

$ sudo npm install ngrok -g
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/ngrok
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/ngrok
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/async
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/decompress-zip
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/lock
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/request
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/async
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/decompress-zip
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/lock
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/request
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/types/node
npm http 404 https://registry.npmjs.org/types/node
npm ERR! TypeError: Cannot read property 'latest' of undefined
npm ERR!     at next (/usr/share/npm/lib/cache.js:687:35)
npm ERR!     at /usr/share/npm/lib/cache.js:675:5
npm ERR!     at saved (/usr/share/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-client/lib/get.js:142:7)
npm ERR!     at /usr/lib/nodejs/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:133:7
npm ERR!     at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR!     <[email protected]>

npm ERR! System Linux 4.4.0-87-generic
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "ngrok" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd /home/akshay
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.25
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.10
npm ERR! type non_object_property_load
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/akshay/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

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bubenshchykov · 2017-08-08T10:04:16Z

boooo (
404 https://registry.npmjs.org/types/node - can it be an npm glitch
Anyway, I updated ngrok on npm 20 seconds ago, can you try latest please

bubenshchykov · 2017-08-08T10:08:00Z

Hey I just noticed that your environment is quite outdated!
node -v v0.10.25, npm -v 1.3.10 - you can expect plenty of bugs or misbehaviors :) Many modules require higher versions.

try to update both npm i npm -g and node, if that's possible

akshay194 · 2017-08-08T11:01:23Z

Tried after update, getting this:

$sudo npm install ngrok -g
/usr/bin/ngrok -> /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok/bin/ngrok

> [email protected] postinstall /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok
> node ./postinstall.js

ngrok - downloading binary https://bin.equinox.io/c/4VmDzA7iaHb/ngrok-stable-linux-amd64.zip
events.js:182
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok/ngrok.zip'
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] postinstall: `node ./postinstall.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] postinstall script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/akshay/.npm/_logs/2017-08-08T10_58_16_164Z-debug.log

Node and npm version:

$ node -v
v8.2.1
$ npm -version
5.3.0

bubenshchykov · 2017-08-08T11:17:50Z

Yep, that's still unsolved :(
duplicate of #87
can you try sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(npm config get prefix)/{lib/node_modules,bin,share} as npm suggests https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions

bubenshchykov · 2017-08-08T11:19:34Z

@gaoqiankun another report. do you have an idea what's wrong with permissions here?

gaoqiankun · 2017-08-09T07:36:14Z

I tried reproduce this issue, after many times failure, i finally reproduce it successfuly

❯ sudo npm install -g ngrok                                                                                                                                                                               
/usr/bin/ngrok -> /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok/bin/ngrok
> [email protected] postinstall /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok
> node ./postinstall.js

ngrok - downloading binary https://bin.equinox.io/c/4VmDzA7iaHb/ngrok-stable-linux-amd64.zip
events.js:160
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok/ngrok.zip'
    at Error (native)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] postinstall: `node ./postinstall.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] postinstall script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/vagrant/.npm/_logs/2017-08-09T06_33_34_927Z-debug.log

I still can not undestand, why this happened, so I tried install an old version that before my code merged, then I got same problem, the only dirrerence is you catch the error, ant print it

[vagrant@postgres-mastrer] ~/work/ngrok (master) ⚡
❯ sudo npm install -g [email protected]                                                                                                                                                                        ⏎
/usr/bin/ngrok -> /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok/bin/ngrok

> [email protected] postinstall /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok
> node ./postinstall.js

ngrok - downloading binary https://bin.equinox.io/c/4VmDzA7iaHb/ngrok-stable-linux-amd64.zip ...
ngrok - error downloading binary. { Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok/bin/ngrok.zip'
    at Error (native)
  errno: -13,
  code: 'EACCES',
  syscall: 'open',
  path: '/usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok/bin/ngrok.zip' }
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] postinstall: `node ./postinstall.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] postinstall script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/vagrant/.npm/_logs/2017-08-09T06_52_21_421Z-debug.log

I suppose that it is npm‘s protecting mechanism, so i viewed npm source code, and find it

// https://github.com/npm/npm/blob/latest/lib/utils/lifecycle.js#runCmd#line225
var user = unsafe ? null : npm.config.get('user')
var group = unsafe ? null : npm.config.get('group')

npm will clear master process's user and group if it think the subprocess is unsafe when it run lifecyle commands

❯ su root
Password:
root@postgres-mastrer:/home/vagrant/work# npm i -g ./ngrok
/usr/bin/ngrok -> /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok/bin/ngrok

> [email protected] postinstall /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok
> node ./postinstall.js

==========================================
current process uid: 65534
current process gid: 0
current process euid: 65534
current process egid: 0
==========================================
ngrok - unpacking binary
ngrok - error unpacking binary { Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/vagrant/work/ngrok/bin/ngrok'
    at Error (native)
  errno: -13,
  code: 'EACCES',
  syscall: 'open',
  path: '/home/vagrant/work/ngrok/bin/ngrok' }
ngrok - install failed, retrying
ngrok - downloading binary https://bin.equinox.io/c/4VmDzA7iaHb/ngrok-stable-linux-amd64.zip
ngrok - downloading progress: 3975633/5363700^C
root@postgres-mastrer:/home/vagrant/work# ll
total 12
drwxrwxr-x 3 vagrant vagrant 4096 Aug  9 06:29 ./
drwxr-xr-x 9 vagrant vagrant 4096 Aug  9 10:26 ../
drwxrwxr-x 6 vagrant vagrant 4096 Aug  9 10:26 ngrok/
root@postgres-mastrer:/home/vagrant/work#
root@postgres-mastrer:/home/vagrant/work# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)

And /usr/lib/node_modules module

root@postgres-mastrer:/home/vagrant/work# ll /usr/lib/node_modules/
total 12
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 Aug  9 10:29 ./
drwxr-xr-x 76 root root 4096 Aug  9 06:27 ../
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 Aug  9 06:28 npm/

I will handler createstream permission error, and I found this little syntax bug will cause compatible problem

readStream
    .pipe(fs.createWriteStream(localFile))
    .on('finish', () => extract(cb));

It is my fault, i will fix it and create a pull request.

bubenshchykov · 2017-08-09T10:32:28Z

@gaoqiankun thx a lot for investigation!

miquelbeltran · 2017-08-12T10:09:30Z

Don't do sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(npm config get prefix)/{lib/node_modules,bin,share} as it might change the owner of everything inside /usr/bin, including sudo and you won't be able to repair the error without a full reinstall. This happens because npm config get prefix can be /usr

bubenshchykov · 2017-08-23T21:55:15Z

might be fixed in 2.2.19, @akshay194 can you try again?

bubenshchykov · 2017-08-26T16:36:36Z

should be fixed! feel free to re-open in needed

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