gitbook install is not working when via proxy

[dorako321]

when i execute gitbook install, it does not start download.
i guess gitbook install does not use HTTP(S)_PROXY environment variable.

[rolfyone]

I tried setting the registry setting for npm, and it doesn't use that either by the looks...

[aldanor]

Same here. Seems to ignore both .npmrc settings for http(s)_proxy, and also HTTP(S)_PROXY environment variables.

[ashwinaggarwal]

Gitbook uses npmi, which requires npm-global, and npm-global further requires the currently installed npm on your machine.

To configure proxy to your locally installed npm, just do the following,

if your proxy requires a username and password

npm config set proxy http://<username>:<password>@<proxy-server-url>:<port> -g
npm config set https-proxy http://<username>:<password>@<proxy-server-url>:<port> -g

in case it doesn't

npm config set proxy http://<proxy-server-url>:<port> -g
npm config set https-proxy http://<proxy-server-url>:<port> -g

Once done, try to run gitbook init and it should work fine.

p.s. It worked for me.

[wgf4242]

I set proxy in local .npmrc file still not start download.
Set proxy in global npmrc file , anything cannot be downloaded. Proxy works fine in browser and local npm config, but work for npm global mode,

proxy=http://127.0.0.1:1080