dat installation fails on prebuild --download

[sboysel]

Hello all,

Following up an issue I mentioned in IRC. prebuild --download fails when installing dat from either sudo npm install dat -g or sudo npm install -g in the cloned repo.

> leveldown@1.4.0 install /usr/lib/node_modules/dat/node_modules/dat-core/node_modules/leveldown
> prebuild --download

prebuild http request GET https://github.com/level/leveldown/releases/download/v1.4.0/leveldown-v1.4.0-node-v14-linux-x64.tar.gz
prebuild WARN install EACCES, open '/root/.npm/_prebuilds/https-github.com-level-leveldown-releases-download-v1.4.0-leveldown-v1.4.0-node-v14-linux-x64.tar.gz.15808-25ec8c26.tmp'
prebuild info install Could not install prebuild. Falling back to compilation
prebuild ERR! build EACCES, mkdir '/root/.node-gyp/0.12.7/deps/http_parser'

Some system specs:

> uname -a
Linux archbook 4.1.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 3 21:30:37 UTC 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux

> node --version
v0.12.7

> npm --version
2.13.2

I'm a complete nodejs novice but I'm willing to help troubleshoot in any way I can.

[mafintosh]

Are you running this as root?

[mafintosh]

Are you running this as root?

[sboysel]

@mafintosh yes.

[sboysel]

@mafintosh yes.

[dela3499]

I seem to have run into this issue as well.

[dela3499]

I seem to have run into this issue as well.

[miishke]

The same issue here.

[miishke]

The same issue here.

[mafintosh]

could you try running this with --unsafe-perm to see if that makes a difference?

[mafintosh]

could you try running this with --unsafe-perm to see if that makes a difference?

[miishke]

@mafintosh It worked! Too tired to test thoroughly, but repo init works.

[miishke]

@mafintosh It worked! Too tired to test thoroughly, but repo init works.

[sboysel]

Works for me as well. Thanks @mafintosh !

[sboysel]

Works for me as well. Thanks @mafintosh !

[miishke]

I see this has been reopened. If it helps, I had the same issue on Linux first, and then today on OS X. Both have been resolved with --unsafe-perm.

[miishke]

I see this has been reopened. If it helps, I had the same issue on Linux first, and then today on OS X. Both have been resolved with --unsafe-perm.

[karissa]

Thanks @miishke ! I just re-opened it so people can find it if they're also having trouble. Going to add it to the readme, too.

[karissa]

Thanks @miishke ! I just re-opened it so people can find it if they're also having trouble. Going to add it to the readme, too.

[karissa]

OK I added this to the readme

[karissa]

OK I added this to the readme

[jekrb]

Fails to install on io.js -v3.0.0 even with --unsafe-perm

I think it may be the same issue as Level/leveldown#211

[jekrb]

Fails to install on io.js -v3.0.0 even with --unsafe-perm

I think it may be the same issue as Level/leveldown#211