Taiko: fail when gauge run

[lchrennew]

I installed gauge and taiko manually on a CentOS docker container:

export GAUGE_HOME=/root/gauge
export NODEJS_HOME=$GAUGE_HOME/nodejs/node-v11.6.0/bin/
export PATH=$PATH:$NODEJS_HOME:$GAUGE_HOME
export TAIKO_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD=True
export TAIKO_BROWSER_PATH=/usr/bin/chromium-browser

yum install -y wget
yum install -y epel-release
yum install -y chromium
yum install -y gcc-c++ tar
yum install -y make

npm config set unsafe-perm true
npm i taiko -g

gauge install js
gauge install html-report
gauge install screenshot

And I downloaded the official sample taiko with gauge code to /root/gauge/output/

When I run:

cd /root/gauge/output/
gauge run

error occurs!

Failed to initialize spec datastore. Error: write tcp 127.0.0.1:36215->127.0.0.1:48962: use of closed network connection

It seems to be caused by I install taiko globally, because when I run the following shell, it will work:

export TAIKO_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD=false
cd /root/gauge/output
npm install taiko
gauge run

I expect it will work without installing taiko in the output folder locally.

Thanks!

[NivedhaSenthil]

If the globally installed taiko has to be used in local module it can be linked using npm link taiko.
Otherwise node expects it to be installed as a local module. Some reference https://nodejs.org/en/blog/npm/npm-1-0-global-vs-local-installation/