Installing bs-platform globally fails

[mb720]

Hi and thanks a lot for BuckleScript!

I'm on Arch Linux 4.12.10 using NPM 5.3.0.

Installing bs-platform locally for a project works fine but it fails with the -g option:

npm install -g bs-platform

/usr/bin/bsb -> /usr/lib/node_modules/bs-platform/bin/bsb
/usr/bin/bsc -> /usr/lib/node_modules/bs-platform/bin/bsc
/usr/bin/bsrefmt -> /usr/lib/node_modules/bs-platform/bin/bsrefmt

> bs-platform@1.9.2 postinstall /usr/lib/node_modules/bs-platform
> node scripts/install.js

Working dir /usr/lib/node_modules/bs-platform
fs.js:773
  return binding.rename(pathModule._makeLong(oldPath),
                 ^

Error: EACCES: permission denied, rename '/usr/lib/node_modules/bs-platform/vendor/ninja-build/ninja.linux64' -> '/usr/lib/node_modules/bs-platform/bin/ninja.exe'
    at Object.fs.renameSync (fs.js:773:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/bs-platform/scripts/install.js:74:8)
    at Module._compile (module.js:624:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:635:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:545:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:508:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:500:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:665:10)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:201:16)
    at bootstrap_node.js:626:3
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! bs-platform@1.9.2 postinstall: `node scripts/install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the bs-platform@1.9.2 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!     /root/.npm/_logs/2017-09-21T20_04_49_693Z-debug.log

The log file's contents:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/bin/npm', 'install', '-g', 'bs-platform' ]
2 info using npm@5.3.0
3 info using node@v8.5.0
4 verbose npm-session d99c690f4e343db7
5 silly install loadCurrentTree
6 silly install readGlobalPackageData
7 http fetch GET 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/bs-platform 445ms (from cache)
8 silly pacote tag manifest for bs-platform@latest fetched in 506ms
9 silly install loadIdealTree
10 silly install cloneCurrentTreeToIdealTree
11 silly install loadShrinkwrap
12 silly install loadAllDepsIntoIdealTree
13 silly resolveWithNewModule bs-platform@1.9.2 checking installable status
14 silly currentTree lib
15 silly idealTree lib
15 silly idealTree └── bs-platform@1.9.2
16 silly install generateActionsToTake
17 silly diffTrees action count 1
18 silly diffTrees add bs-platform@1.9.2
19 silly decomposeActions action count 8
20 silly decomposeActions fetch bs-platform@1.9.2
21 silly decomposeActions extract bs-platform@1.9.2
22 silly decomposeActions preinstall bs-platform@1.9.2
23 silly decomposeActions build bs-platform@1.9.2
24 silly decomposeActions install bs-platform@1.9.2
25 silly decomposeActions postinstall bs-platform@1.9.2
26 silly decomposeActions finalize bs-platform@1.9.2
27 silly decomposeActions refresh-package-json bs-platform@1.9.2
28 silly install executeActions
29 silly doSerial global-install 8
30 verbose correctMkdir /root/.npm/_locks correctMkdir not in flight; initializing
31 verbose lock using /root/.npm/_locks/staging-a072192f34a17023.lock for /usr/lib/node_modules/.staging
32 silly doParallel extract 8
33 silly extract bs-platform@1.9.2
34 silly doReverseSerial unbuild 8
35 silly doSerial remove 8
36 silly doSerial move 8
37 silly doSerial finalize 8
38 silly finalize /usr/lib/node_modules/bs-platform
39 silly doParallel refresh-package-json 8
40 silly refresh-package-json /usr/lib/node_modules/bs-platform
41 silly doParallel preinstall 8
42 silly preinstall bs-platform@1.9.2
43 info lifecycle bs-platform@1.9.2~preinstall: bs-platform@1.9.2
44 silly doSerial build 8
45 silly build bs-platform@1.9.2
46 info linkStuff bs-platform@1.9.2
47 silly linkStuff bs-platform@1.9.2 has /usr/lib/node_modules as its parent node_modules
48 silly linkStuff bs-platform@1.9.2 is part of a global install
49 silly linkStuff bs-platform@1.9.2 is installed into a global node_modules
50 silly linkStuff bs-platform@1.9.2 is installed into the top-level global node_modules
51 verbose linkBins bs-platform@1.9.2
52 verbose linkBins [ { bsb: 'bin/bsb', bsc: 'bin/bsc', bsrefmt: 'bin/bsrefmt' },
52 verbose linkBins   '/usr/bin',
52 verbose linkBins   true ]
53 verbose linkMans bs-platform@1.9.2
54 silly doSerial global-link 8
55 silly doParallel update-linked 8
56 silly doSerial install 8
57 silly install bs-platform@1.9.2
58 info lifecycle bs-platform@1.9.2~install: bs-platform@1.9.2
59 silly doSerial postinstall 8
60 silly postinstall bs-platform@1.9.2
61 info lifecycle bs-platform@1.9.2~postinstall: bs-platform@1.9.2
62 verbose lifecycle bs-platform@1.9.2~postinstall: unsafe-perm in lifecycle false
63 verbose lifecycle bs-platform@1.9.2~postinstall: PATH: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin:/usr/lib/node_modules/bs-platform/node_modules/.bin:/usr/lib/node_modules/.bin:/home/mb/.opam/4.02.3+buckle-master/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl
64 verbose lifecycle bs-platform@1.9.2~postinstall: CWD: /usr/lib/node_modules/bs-platform
65 silly lifecycle bs-platform@1.9.2~postinstall: Args: [ '-c', 'node scripts/install.js' ]
66 silly lifecycle bs-platform@1.9.2~postinstall: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
67 info lifecycle bs-platform@1.9.2~postinstall: Failed to exec postinstall script
68 verbose unlock done using /root/.npm/_locks/staging-a072192f34a17023.lock for /usr/lib/node_modules/.staging
69 verbose stack Error: bs-platform@1.9.2 postinstall: `node scripts/install.js`
69 verbose stack Exit status 1
69 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:289:16)
69 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:125:13)
69 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:213:7)
69 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:40:14)
69 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:125:13)
69 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:213:7)
69 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:927:16)
69 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:211:5)
70 verbose pkgid bs-platform@1.9.2
71 verbose cwd /root
72 verbose Linux 4.12.10-1-ARCH
73 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "bs-platform"
74 verbose node v8.5.0
75 verbose npm  v5.3.0
76 error code ELIFECYCLE
77 error errno 1
78 error bs-platform@1.9.2 postinstall: `node scripts/install.js`
78 error Exit status 1
79 error Failed at the bs-platform@1.9.2 postinstall script.
79 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
80 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Just to make sure that installing globally works in general I executed npm install -g jquery. That worked.

Thanks and keep up your great work!

[bobzhang]

this come from time to time, do you find a work around? maybe we should document it in FAQ
relevant link: https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions

[snaumov]

faced the exact same issue today installing bs-platform globally on Ubuntu 17.04. I'm using sudo, and able to install other packages globally. Tried both on npm 5 and npm 3.

update: solved the problem by following the link provided by @bobzhang . Thank you a lot!

[bobzhang]

@snaumov so which suggestion did you follow in the link? (I don't have a linux box at hand)

[mb720]

Thanks for your responses!

You have your global npm config set to install to root instead of a user setup, thus to install an npm package globally you need to sudo in front of it or reconfigure npm for in-user global installs. Not a bucklescript issue though unless bucklescript is calling something as a user even when root. :-)

I should have added that I executed npm install -g bs-platform as root after it failed with the same message when being executed as a regular user.

After following option two of the page @bobzhang mentioned, I fixed this issue:

npm config get prefix yielded /usr, so I decided to change NPM's default directory:

mkdir ~/.npm-global

npm config set prefix '~/.npm-global'

echo "export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bash_profile

source ~/.bash_profile

Maybe it's indeed a good idea to mention this problem in the FAQs.

[snaumov]

@bobzhang @mb720 Option two (moving npm default directory) helped me as well :)

[mikowiec]

Same issue on OSX 10.12.6 , node 8.7.0 and npm 5.4.2

I've uninstalled v8.7 and then installed LTS node-v6.11.4.pkg (where is npm 3.10.10).
All OK for npm 3

The same problem is with reason-cli installation:
Can't install with npm 5.3.0

[thiagoarrais]

Same issue today on the docker node image 8, node 8.9.3 and npm 5.5.1.

[nlfiedler]

Happens in Docker node image 10: node 10.13.0 and npm 6.4.1, based on Ubuntu.

[bobzhang]

This seems to be a common issue, would you mind send a PR to the docs?
https://github.com/BuckleScript/bucklescript.github.io/blob/source/docs/installation.md
Is there anything we can improve on our side? thanks

[nlfiedler]

PR sent. This seems to be a general problem, not related to OS or BuckleScript, so I don't know what can be done as yet, but at least now there can be an easy to discover page that gives some suggestions to work around it.

[bobzhang]

Thanks, merged!