Node-sass: Failed at the [email protected] install script

Created on 1 Mar 2018  ·  3Comments  ·  Source: sass/node-sass

Running sudo npm install node-sass throws the following error. Running the same command without sudo or with --unsafe-perm installs the package without any problems. If it's not a bug, can someone please explain why is this happening?

> [email protected] install /var/www/apollo/node_modules/node-sass
> node scripts/install.js

module.js:540
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module '/var/www/apollo/node_modules/node-sass/scripts/install.js'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:538:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:468:25)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:684:10)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:187:16)
    at bootstrap_node.js:608:3
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] (node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for [email protected]: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node scripts/install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install 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/2018-03-01T20_10_11_333Z-debug.log

Part of /home/vagrant/.npm/_logs/2018-03-01T20_10_11_333Z-debug.log:

...
36148 info lifecycle [email protected]~install: [email protected]
36149 silly install [email protected]
36150 info lifecycle [email protected]~install: [email protected]
36151 verbose lifecycle [email protected]~install: unsafe-perm in lifecycle false
36152 verbose lifecycle [email protected]~install: PATH: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/node-gyp-bin:/var/www/apollo/node_modules/node-sass/node_modules/.bin:/var/www/apollo/node_modules/.bin:/home/vagrant/bin:/home/vagrant/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
36153 verbose lifecycle [email protected]~install: CWD: /var/www/apollo/node_modules/node-sass
36154 silly lifecycle [email protected]~install: Args: [ '-c', 'node scripts/install.js' ]
36155 silly lifecycle [email protected]~install: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
36156 info lifecycle [email protected]~install: Failed to exec install script
36157 verbose unlock done using /home/vagrant/.npm/_locks/staging-e5a690960657d9c9.lock for /var/www/apollo/node_modules/.staging
36158 silly saveTree apollo
36158 silly saveTree ├─┬ @fortawesome/[email protected]
36158 silly saveTree │ └── @fortawesome/[email protected]
36158 silly saveTree ├─┬ [email protected]
36158 silly saveTree │ ├─┬ [email protected]
36158 silly saveTree │ │ └─┬ [email protected]
36158 silly saveTree │ │   └── [email protected]
...
36158 silly saveTree │ │   └── [email protected]
36158 silly saveTree │ └── [email protected]
36158 silly saveTree ├── [email protected]
36158 silly saveTree └── [email protected]
36159 warn optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] (node_modules/fsevents):
36160 warn notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for [email protected]: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
36161 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Valid OS:    darwin
36161 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Valid Arch:  any
36161 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Actual OS:   linux
36161 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Actual Arch: x64
36162 verbose stack Error: [email protected] install: `node scripts/install.js`
36162 verbose stack Exit status 1
36162 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/index.js:285:16)
36162 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
36162 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:214:7)
36162 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/lib/spawn.js:55:14)
36162 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
36162 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
36162 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:925:16)
36162 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:209:5)
36163 verbose pkgid [email protected]
36164 verbose cwd /var/www/apollo
36165 verbose Linux 4.4.0-87-generic
36166 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install"
36167 verbose node v8.9.4
36168 verbose npm  v5.6.0
36169 error code ELIFECYCLE
36170 error errno 1
36171 error [email protected] install: `node scripts/install.js`
36171 error Exit status 1
36172 error Failed at the [email protected] install script.
36172 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
36173 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

  • NPM version (npm -v):
    5.6.0

  • Node version (node -v):
    v8.9.4

  • Node Process (node -p process.versions):
    { http_parser: '2.7.0',
    node: '8.9.4',
    v8: '6.1.534.50',
    uv: '1.15.0',
    zlib: '1.2.11',
    ares: '1.10.1-DEV',
    modules: '57',
    nghttp2: '1.25.0',
    openssl: '1.0.2n',
    icu: '59.1',
    unicode: '9.0',
    cldr: '31.0.1',
    tz: '2017b' }
  • Node Platform (node -p process.platform):
    linux
  • Node architecture (node -p process.arch):
    x64

    - node-sass version (node -p "require('node-sass').info"):

- npm node-sass versions (npm ls node-sass):

  • OS:
    Distributor ID: Ubuntu
    Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
    Release: 16.04
    Codename: xenial
picture alexandrubau

Most helpful comment

https://github.com/sass/node-sass/blob/master/TROUBLESHOOTING.md#cannot-find-module-rootinstalljs

picture nschonni on 1 Mar 2018
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It's best to avoided running npm as sudo. If you must use sudo then you
need to pass the --unsafe-perms flag to npm install

On 2 Mar. 2018 7:26 am, "Alexandru Bau" notifications@github.com wrote:

Running sudo npm install node-sass throws the following error:

[email protected] install /var/www/apollo/node_modules/node-sass
node scripts/install.js

module.js:540
throw err;
^

Error: Cannot find module '/var/www/apollo/node_modules/node-sass/scripts/install.js'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:538:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:468:25)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:684:10)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:187:16)
at bootstrap_node.js:608:3
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] (node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for [email protected]: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] install: node scripts/install.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install 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/2018-03-01T20_10_11_333Z-debug.log

Part of /home/vagrant/.npm/_logs/2018-03-01T20_10_11_333Z-debug.log:

...
36148 info lifecycle [email protected]~install: [email protected]
36149 silly install [email protected]
36150 info lifecycle [email protected]~install: [email protected]
36151 verbose lifecycle [email protected]~install: unsafe-perm in lifecycle false
36152 verbose lifecycle [email protected]~install: PATH: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/node-gyp-bin:/var/www/apollo/node_modules/node-sass/node_modules/.bin:/var/www/apollo/node_modules/.bin:/home/vagrant/bin:/home/vagrant/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
36153 verbose lifecycle [email protected]~install: CWD: /var/www/apollo/node_modules/node-sass
36154 silly lifecycle [email protected]~install: Args: [ '-c', 'node scripts/install.js' ]
36155 silly lifecycle [email protected]~install: Returned: code: 1 signal: null
36156 info lifecycle [email protected]~install: Failed to exec install script
36157 verbose unlock done using /home/vagrant/.npm/_locks/staging-e5a690960657d9c9.lock for /var/www/apollo/node_modules/.staging
36158 silly saveTree apollo
36158 silly saveTree ├─┬ @fortawesome/[email protected]
36158 silly saveTree │ └── @fortawesome/[email protected]
36158 silly saveTree ├─┬ [email protected]
36158 silly saveTree │ ├─┬ [email protected]
36158 silly saveTree │ │ └─┬ [email protected]
36158 silly saveTree │ │ └── [email protected]
...
36158 silly saveTree │ │ └── [email protected]
36158 silly saveTree │ └── [email protected]
36158 silly saveTree ├── [email protected]
36158 silly saveTree └── popper.[email protected]
36159 warn optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] (node_modules/fsevents):
36160 warn notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for [email protected]: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
36161 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Valid OS: darwin
36161 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Valid Arch: any
36161 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Actual OS: linux
36161 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Actual Arch: x64
36162 verbose stack Error: [email protected] install: node scripts/install.js
36162 verbose stack Exit status 1
36162 verbose stack at EventEmitter. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/index.js:285:16)
36162 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
36162 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:214:7)
36162 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/lib/spawn.js:55:14)
36162 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
36162 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
36162 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:925:16)
36162 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:209:5)
36163 verbose pkgid [email protected]
36164 verbose cwd /var/www/apollo
36165 verbose Linux 4.4.0-87-generic
36166 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install"
36167 verbose node v8.9.4
36168 verbose npm v5.6.0
36169 error code ELIFECYCLE
36170 error errno 1
36171 error [email protected] install: node scripts/install.js
36171 error Exit status 1
36172 error Failed at the [email protected] install script.
36172 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
36173 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Running the same command without sudo or with --unsafe-perm installs the
package without any problems.

-

NPM version (npm -v):
5.6.0
-

Node version (node -v):
v8.9.4
-

Node Process (node -p process.versions):
{ http_parser: '2.7.0',
node: '8.9.4',
v8: '6.1.534.50',
uv: '1.15.0',
zlib: '1.2.11',
ares: '1.10.1-DEV',
modules: '57',
nghttp2: '1.25.0',
openssl: '1.0.2n',
icu: '59.1',
unicode: '9.0',
cldr: '31.0.1',
tz: '2017b' }
-

Node Platform (node -p process.platform):
linux
-

Node architecture (node -p process.arch):
x64
-

node-sass version (node -p "require('node-sass').info"):
--
-

npm node-sass versions (npm ls node-sass):
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xzyfer picture xzyfer on 1 Mar 2018

https://github.com/sass/node-sass/blob/master/TROUBLESHOOTING.md#cannot-find-module-rootinstalljs

nschonni picture nschonni on 1 Mar 2018
👍3

This helped me
as root

npm install --unsafe-perm
or just for node-sass
npm install --unsafe-perm -g node-sass

from my understanding eventually I need to run this as non-root but ofr now I just want for this to work (temp fix)

atazmin picture atazmin on 25 Oct 2020
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