Electron 1.6.6 npm global install fails in postinstall phase

[capouch]

• Electron version:
  1.6.6
• Operating system:
  Linux Slackware x64

Expected behavior

Normal install

Actual behavior

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

> electron@1.6.6 postinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/electron
> node install.js

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/electron/install.js:47
  throw err
  ^

Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/root/.electron/electron-v1.6.6-linux-x64.zip'
    at Error (native)
npm ERR! Linux 4.1.13
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "-g" "install" "electron"
npm ERR! node v6.9.1
npm ERR! npm  v3.10.8
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! electron@1.6.6 postinstall: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the electron@1.6.6 postinstall script 'node install.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the electron package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node install.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs electron
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls electron
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /tmp/electron-packager/linux-x64/npm-debug.log

How to reproduce

As root: npm install -g electron

[capouch]

Go figure. Won't install as root, but will install as my regular user via sudo.

[johannesjo]

I got the same error on ubuntu 16.04 with node v6.9.2. Trying to install older versions of electron doesn't help and I'm almost 100% sure that it is not related to user rights.

[alanjames1987]

I also have the same error on Ubuntu 16.04 but I'm running Node v6.9.4 and NPM v3.10.10.

I installed Node via NVM so I don't have the option to use sudo.

[codekraft-studio]

Env

node -v
v6.10.2
npm -v
4.4.4

for me It does not work either with sudo, but it works locally

sudo npm install -g electron

> electron@1.6.6 postinstall /usr/lib/node_modules/electron
> node install.js

/usr/lib/node_modules/electron/install.js:47
  throw err
  ^

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat '/usr/lib/node_modules/electron/dist/resources' at Error (native)

but this command:

npm install --save-dev electron

works great

Duplicate of: #9323

[johannesjo]

@codekraft-studio that doesn't work for me. I get an ELIFECYCLE error.

npm ERR! Linux 4.4.0-75-generic
npm ERR! argv "/home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.2/bin/node" "/home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.2/bin/npm" "install" "electron" "-S"
npm ERR! node v6.9.2
npm ERR! npm  v3.10.9
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! electron@1.6.6 postinstall: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1

[codekraft-studio]

@johannesjo
you mean this?

npm install --save-dev electron
works great

it's kind of strange (for me) that the postinstall function works locally with user privilege but not globally with root privs

[johannesjo]

@codekraft-studio yes. I meant that one.

[fyhao]

Faced this issue now

[stephentth]

npm -g install electron

Confirm it not working on Windows 10 - 64 bit, latest update.

Node version: v7.7.4
NPM version: 4.1.2

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat 'C:\Users\MyUsername\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron\dist\resources'
npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.15063
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "-g" "install" "electron"
npm ERR! node v7.7.4
npm ERR! npm  v4.1.2
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! electron@1.6.6 postinstall: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the electron@1.6.6 postinstall script 'node install.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the electron package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node install.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs electron
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls electron
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\MyUsername\Tmp\electron-quick-start\npm-debug.log

[codekraft-studio]

for anybody who run in this issue, it has been determined the cause here: #9323

I'm going to lock this thread until extract-zip has been fixed, since the cause has been identified.

So until is resolved I guess has no sense to keep posting here the error dumps or +1