Issue with Global Install of Ngrok in Linux With NPM #87

ghost · 2017-07-22T19:37:16Z

Issue that arises.

Done with Arch Linux using npm version 5.3.0 with Linux Kernel 4.11.5-1-ARCH

sudo npm i -g ngrok
/usr/bin/ngrok -> /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok/bin/ngrok

> ngrok@2.2.15 postinstall /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok
> node ./postinstall.js

ngrok - downloading binary https://bin.equinox.io/c/4VmDzA7iaHb/ngrok-stable-linux-amd64.zip
events.js:182
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok/ngrok.zip'
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! ngrok@2.2.15 postinstall: `node ./postinstall.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the ngrok@2.2.15 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/2017-07-22T14_30_23_601Z-debug.log

Content from Log File about the error

2136 verbose lifecycle ngrok@2.2.15~postinstall: CWD: /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok
2137 silly lifecycle ngrok@2.2.15~postinstall: Args: [ '-c', 'node ./postinstall.js' ]
2138 silly lifecycle ngrok@2.2.15~postinstall: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
2139 info lifecycle ngrok@2.2.15~postinstall: Failed to exec postinstall script
2140 verbose unlock done using /root/.npm/_locks/staging-a072192f34a17023.lock for /usr/lib/node_modules/.staging
2141 verbose stack Error: ngrok@2.2.15 postinstall: `node ./postinstall.js`
2141 verbose stack Exit status 1
2141 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:289:16)
2141 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:125:13)
2141 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:213:7)
2141 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:40:14)
2141 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:125:13)
2141 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:213:7)
2141 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:897:16)
2141 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:208:5)
2142 verbose pkgid ngrok@2.2.15

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bubenshchykov · 2017-07-22T22:19:30Z

thx for reporting!
looks like it's a regression of previous pr
https://github.com/bubenshchykov/ngrok/pull/85/files#diff-551007241ae61889b0f85f47aa764343R106

@gaoqiankun can you quickly spot some permission problems here?

outputStream.write(data); // temp file
fs.createWriteStream(localFile); // or here

I can add .on('error') handlers to prevent uncaught, but I'm not sure what the problem is yet

ghost · 2017-07-22T22:37:34Z

Hi,

No problem. I am working on a project right now, but I should be done with it in 3-ish hours. If you want and have not solved it by then, I can take a look and see if I can resolve it and will add a pull request if I do.

gaoqiankun · 2017-07-25T03:35:32Z

@TKOBabu
I have tried sudo npm i -g ngrok on archlinux, but i got a lot package not found error
e.g.

vagrant@archlinux:~$ sudo npm i -g ngrok
/usr/bin/ngrok -> /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok/bin/ngrok

> ngrok@2.2.15 postinstall /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok
> node ./postinstall.js

module.js:487
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'hawk'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:485:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:437:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/request/request.js:9:12)
    at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
npm ERR! Linux 4.11.9-1-ARCH

vagrant@archlinux:~$ sudo npm i -g ngrok
/usr/bin/ngrok -> /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok/bin/ngrok

> ngrok@2.2.15 postinstall /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok
> node ./postinstall.js

module.js:487
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'safe-buffer'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:485:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:437:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/request/lib/helpers.js:5:14)
    at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
npm ERR! Linux 4.11.9-1-ARCH

Then, i install ngrok on ubuntu by sudo npm i -g ngrok and on cygwin bynpm i -g ngrok, it works fine.

gaoqiankun@dev1:/home/vagrant$ sudo npm i -g ngrok
/usr/bin/ngrok -> /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok/bin/ngrok

> ngrok@2.2.15 postinstall /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok
> node ./postinstall.js

ngrok - downloading binary https://bin.equinox.io/c/4VmDzA7iaHb/ngrok-stable-linux-amd64.zip
ngrok - downloading progress: 5363700/5363700
ngrok - binary downloaded to /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok/bin/aHR0cHM6Ly9iaW4uZXF1aW5veC5pby9jLzRWbUR6QTdpYUhiL25ncm9rLXN0YWJsZS1saW51eC1hbWQ2NC56aXA=.zip
ngrok - unpacking binary
ngrok - binary unpacked to /usr/lib/node_modules/ngrok/bin/ngrok
/usr/lib
└── ngrok@2.2.15

Administrator@pgos MINGW64 ~/Desktop
$ npm i -g ngrok
C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\ngrok -> C:\Users\Administrator\AppDa                                                                                                                           ta\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ngrok\bin\ngrok

> ngrok@2.2.15 postinstall C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modul                                                                                                                           es\ngrok
> node ./postinstall.js

ngrok - downloading binary https://bin.equinox.io/c/4VmDzA7iaHb/ngrok-stable-win                                                                                                                           dows-amd64.zip
ngrok - downloading progress: 5411323/5411323
ngrok - binary downloaded to C:\Users\Administrator\.ngrok\aHR0cHM6Ly9iaW4uZXF1a                                                                                                                           W5veC5pby9jLzRWbUR6QTdpYUhiL25ncm9rLXN0YWJsZS13aW5kb3dzLWFtZDY0LnppcA==.zip
ngrok - unpacking binary
ngrok - binary unpacked to C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modul                                                                                                                           es\ngrok\bin\ngrok.exe
C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm
`-- ngrok@2.2.15

I don't think creating read/write stream will cause permission problem, and I never use archlinux before, can you give me some more time, to find what the real problem is.

bubenshchykov · 2017-07-25T08:51:55Z

@gaoqiankun @TKOBabu thanks for investigation!
I tried global install on mac only, with and without cached bin - both cases worked fine.
can you try to bump npm and install ngrok again npm i npm -g ?

gaoqiankun · 2017-07-26T02:52:39Z

@bubenshchykov
sudo npm i -g npm works successfuly, but when i run npm --version, it throw error

vagrant@archlinux:~$ sudo npm i -g npm@2
/usr/bin/npm -> /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
+ npm@2.15.12
added 69 packages, removed 278 packages and updated 133 packages in 40.023s
vagrant@archlinux:~$ npm -v
module.js:487
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'npmlog'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:485:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:437:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js:18:11
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js:75:3)
    at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
vagrant@archlinux:~$

Then i tried sudo npm i -g typescript, it works fine

vagrant@archlinux:~$ sudo npm i -g typescript
/usr/bin/tsc -> /usr/lib/node_modules/typescript/bin/tsc
/usr/bin/tsserver -> /usr/lib/node_modules/typescript/bin/tsserver
typescript@2.4.2 /usr/lib/node_modules/typescript
vagrant@archlinux:~$ ts
ts        tsc       tset      tsort     tsserver
vagrant@archlinux:~$ ts --help
Unknown option: help
usage: ts [-r] [-i | -s] [format]
vagrant@archlinux:~$ tsc --help
Version 2.4.2
Syntax:   tsc [options] [file ...]

Examples: tsc hello.ts
          tsc --outFile file.js file.ts
          tsc @args.txt
...

Then sudo npm i -g node-sass, and i got permission error

vagrant@archlinux:~$ sudo npm i -g node-sass
/usr/bin/node-sass -> /usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/bin/node-sass

> node-sass@4.5.3 install /usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass
> node scripts/install.js

fs.js:652
  return binding.open(pathModule._makeLong(path), stringToFlags(flags), mode);
                 ^

Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/package.json'
    at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:652:18)
    at Object.fs.readFileSync (fs.js:553:33)
    at Object.Module._extensions..json (module.js:586:20)
    at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/lib/extensions.js:7:9)
    at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
npm ERR! Linux 4.11.9-1-ARCH
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "i" "-g" "node-sass"
npm ERR! node v8.2.1
npm ERR! npm  v2.15.12
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! node-sass@4.5.3 install: `node scripts/install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the node-sass@4.5.3 install script 'node scripts/install.js'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the node-sass package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node scripts/install.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs node-sass
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!
npm ERR!     npm owner ls node-sass
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/vagrant/npm-debug.log

So, it may be a bug of npm on archlinux.

bubenshchykov · 2017-07-26T09:00:44Z

please try sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(npm config get prefix)/{lib/node_modules,bin,share} as npm suggests https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions

bubenshchykov · 2017-08-23T21:57:22Z

@TKOBabu might be fixed in latest version, can you try?
if issue still happens, pls report in #88 - there was a discussion there

ankibalyan · 2018-03-08T12:41:05Z

@bubenshchykov should not modify ownership / permission for bin,share, It may get worse. I've experianced.
sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(npm config get prefix)/{lib/node_modules,bin,share}

just sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(npm config get prefix)/{lib/node_modules} should work.

toxdes · 2018-05-23T10:18:17Z

Anyone who's going to use

sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(npm config get prefix)/{lib/node_modules,bin,share}

think 100 times before. I just had to reinstall entire ubuntu cause I accidently ran

chown -R

on /usr . There's no solution if you change permissions of files that you don't even know.

ankibalyan · 2018-05-23T13:39:56Z

@malivp3494 I've already mentioned that above. You should have read that. 😈

toxdes · 2018-05-24T03:41:02Z

@ankibalyan yeah, but I read the solution somewhere else, and went with it. And now I regret it. There really needs to be other way around instead using chown -R

ankibalyan · 2018-05-24T07:00:08Z

way I do is,
Download node, npm binaries seperatly than put the excutable file path in env var $PATH rather than installing os dependents. It waorks way smothly and no need of sudo anymore.

toxdes · 2018-05-24T09:36:45Z

@ankibalyan You should comment with a short procedure here, if you have time. For future users, who are going to use this, it will help a lot.

bubenshchykov · 2018-05-24T15:08:43Z

hi guys, sorry to cause you problems by suggesting sudo in the comment above. i knew sudo is risky, but didn't know it could kill an entire OS :(

npm i ngrok -g should just work itself. it works fine on OSX, but I see that it fails on linux
I'll take a closer look at permissions problem, might be possible to adjust postinstall.js

ankibalyan · 2018-05-24T18:56:47Z

or one can follow, these steps https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions

OZZlE · 2019-01-17T08:41:42Z

I was doing sudo npm install -g ngrok --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root inside my vagrant box, I just removed sudo and it worked fine :)

amandeepmittal · 2019-03-10T18:59:10Z

@OZZlE your solution worked! Thank you so much. Though I filed an issue here #140.

Farhan-Haseeb · 2019-10-23T10:28:33Z

hi guys, sorry to cause you problems by suggesting sudo in the comment above. i knew sudo is risky, but didn't know it could kill an entire OS :(

npm i ngrok -g should just work itself. it works fine on OSX, but I see that it fails on linux
I'll take a closer look at permissions problem, might be possible to adjust postinstall.js

I was facing the same problem in OSX even sudodidn't work. I had to use sudo npm install -g ngrok --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root

viatanas · 2023-01-03T12:35:17Z

hi guys, sorry to cause you problems by suggesting sudo in the comment above. i knew sudo is risky, but didn't know it could kill an entire OS :(
npm i ngrok -g should just work itself. it works fine on OSX, but I see that it fails on linux
I'll take a closer look at permissions problem, might be possible to adjust postinstall.js

I was facing the same problem in OSX even sudodidn't work. I had to use sudo npm install -g ngrok --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root

This is what worked for me on MacOS - thanks!

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Issue with Global Install of Ngrok in Linux With NPM #87

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ghost commented Jul 22, 2017 • edited by ghost

Issue that arises.

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