Angular-cli: Error installing angular-cli on Ubuntu

Created on 6 Oct 2016 · 23Comments · Source: angular/angular-cli

On Ubuntu 14 & 16
Node version: 6.7.0
Npm version: 3.10.3

>$ npm install -g [email protected] 
>$ ng -v
>$ The program 'ng' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install ng-common

The output seems like angular-cli is correctly installed. I've fixed the npm sudo permissions.

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ghost

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i have the same problem . i solve it as follow:

$: echo -e "export PATH=$(npm prefix -g)/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc
$:ng -v

it works for me !

Christian-Yang on 31 May 2017

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Same here

/usr/lib/node_modules/angular-cli/node_modules/portfinder/lib/portfinder.js:395
  var interfaces = os.networkInterfaces(),
                      ^

Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, uv_interface_addresses
    at Error (native)
    at /usr/lib/node_modules/angular-cli/node_modules/portfinder/lib/portfinder.js:395:23
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/angular-cli/node_modules/portfinder/lib/portfinder.js:410:2)
    at Module._compile (module.js:556:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:565:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:473:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:432:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:424:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:483:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)

JeffBriCR on 6 Oct 2016

Try installing it with sudo user

sudo npm install -g angular-cli

saivarunk on 6 Oct 2016

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Nop. I tried with sudo.

JeffBriCR on 6 Oct 2016

Same here

danvick on 7 Oct 2016

This might be a general npm problem.

Can you please try the following steps and report the result?

First, run npm bin -g and ensure you have full permissions on the folder that gets printed as a result of this command.

Then run the following series of commands:

sudo npm rm -g angular-cli
npm cache clear
sudo npm install -g angular-cli

Does this solve the problem?

Meligy on 7 Oct 2016

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npm bin -g
/home/cloud/.npm-global/bin

I've the permissions in that folder and the path is included in the PATH env variable.

After running all those commands, nothing changes, ng command does not exist in the /home/cloud/.npm-global/bin folder

ng -v
The program 'ng' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install ng-common

ghost on 7 Oct 2016

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This might be a silly question, but are you sure your npm bin path is on the PATH? For instance, can you use other npm packages globally?

filipesilva on 10 Oct 2016

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yes @filipesilva, I can also install and use other global packages like jshint or typescript. It is too weird...

I've created an ubuntu droplet in DigitalOcean twice and it is still happening.

When I run npm install -g [email protected] the output is ok, but in the npm bin -g folder, ng command is not there.

Content of npm bin -g folder

jshint  node  npm  tsc  tsserver

ghost on 10 Oct 2016

the solution is here https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/1192

It was a memory issue, my system had only 512mb of ram memory

ghost on 10 Oct 2016

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i have the same problem . i solve it as follow:

$: echo -e "export PATH=$(npm prefix -g)/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc
$:ng -v

it works for me !

Christian-Yang on 31 May 2017

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On Ubuntu 16.04 my working solution is sudo npm install --unsafe-perm -g @angular/cli

commercialsuicide on 7 Jun 2017

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Solved!

I got the same problem because using two versions of node by nvm

Add to your .bachrc file all versions of your nodes!

PATH=.../.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.15/bin:.../.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.3/bin:

cheers!

iSanchezDev on 5 Jul 2017

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Hello ,
my name is Alex Silva, I had the same problem and was resolved using this command sudo npm install --unsafe-perm -g @angular/cli

Thanks you very much

silva130690 on 18 Oct 2017

@silva130690 I am trying your option on ubuntu 16.04 and it is showing that it can not parse JSON as javascript error.

richard457 on 18 Oct 2017

@richard457 Open terminal and run command whit permission administrator : Sudo ... Script

Understood ?

silva130690 on 18 Oct 2017

Thank you commercialsuicide ..
you have save my day.

makkars on 5 Dec 2017

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@commercialsuicide yep your solution worked a treat,

sudo npm install --unsafe-perm -g @angular/cli

seems to do the trick. But could anyone explain why

npm install -g ng

doesn't work?

and also why the recommended

sudo apt install ng-common

doesn't work, once installed "ng build" it seems to completely freeze my screen and not allow me to do anything.

fredlemieux on 15 Dec 2017

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It's work after installing globally using the below command
npm install -g angular-cli@version_number

Note: Make sure you have same version of @angulasr/cli as your project has or else it will show warning when building project.

narendrasinghrathore on 14 Mar 2018

i have the same problem . i solve it as follow:

$: echo -e "export PATH=$(npm prefix -g)/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc
$:ng -v

it works for me !

This worked for me!! Thanks!

raafa16 on 5 Feb 2019

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i have the same problem . i solve it as follow:
$: echo -e "export PATH=$(npm prefix -g)/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc
$:ng -v
it works for me !

This worked for me!! Thanks!