Can't install electron 1.7.6 in Ubuntu 16.04 environment

[tom--bo]

• Electron version:1.7.6 (1.7.8(latest) has no linux package: No linux packages for 1.7.8 #10595)
• Operating system:Ubuntu 16.04
• Node version: 8.5.0
• npm version: 5.4.2

Expected behavior

install successfully

Actual behavior

arise error below

npm install electron@1.7.6 -g
/usr/local/bin/electron -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/electron/cli.js

> electron@1.7.6 postinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/electron
> node install.js

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/electron/install.js:48
  throw err
  ^

Error: read ECONNRESET
    at _errnoException (util.js:1026:11)
    at TLSWrap.onread (net.js:606:25)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! electron@1.7.6 postinstall: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the electron@1.7.6 postinstall script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

How to reproduce

I'm not sure but, someone using linux can't install electron 1.7.6 by npm?

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The issue is with your internet connection, try again later or use a different connection.

[tberghuis]

try sudo npm install -g electron --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root

[paperbenni]

@tberghuis works but sounds dirty.

[MarshallOfSound]

but sounds dirty.

That's because it is, you should never use sudo with npm let alone --unsafe-perm. instead of forcing the install with sudo you should fix the underlying issue which is the permissions of your global node_modules folder being bad 👍

[NithinRRamesh]

Thank you it works

[NithinRRamesh]

https://electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/installation actually the same solution is suggested by electron documentation

[zihadmahiuddin]

Wow it works!
Thanks.

[gasparyanyur]

@tberghuis after running a command which you said I am getting error

Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 52.216.0.104:443
    at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1173:14)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! electron@1.8.4 postinstall: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the electron@1.8.4 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!     /home/yuri/.npm/_logs/2018-04-26T07_12_43_995Z-debug.log

[dcaldwell-sw]

If you used 'sudo npm install -g electron' you need to fix folder permissions for /usr/lib/node_modules:

sudo chmod 0774 /usr/lib/node_modules/ -R
sudo chown root:sudo node_modules/ -R
if you aren't a member of the sudo group, change sudo to a group you are a member of.