Support global or root-user installations on Linux

[TekuConcept]

Any attempt to install the qode npm package as the super user fails.

npm install -g @nodegui/qode fails to run with Error while setting up Qode { [Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@nodegui/qode/dist']

cd /root && npm install @nodegui/qode fails with Cannot find module '/root/node_modules/@nodegui/qode/install.js'

cd /home/some_user/Desktop/some_folder && npm install @nodegui/qode fails with Failed at the @nodegui/qode@1.0.6 postinstall script.

Running npm install @nodegui/qode in any other folder as a non-super-user works.

System Information:

• Linux Mint 19 AMD64
• npm 6.13.6

[TekuConcept]

npm install -g @nodegui/qode --loglevel verbose --unsafe-perm true just yielded a successful install as the super user, and qode -v prints "12.6.1". But... running the same command as a normal user returns the error

Error: spawn /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@nodegui/qode/dist/1.0.6/qode EACCES

Update: running chmod +x /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@nodegui/qode/dist/1.0.6/qode fixed the issue. Don't know why I didn't catch that earlier.

[a7ul]

Hi @TekuConcept
Is there a specific reason you need qode to be installed globally ?

[TekuConcept]

Is there a specific reason you need qode to be installed globally ?

First, I have a development linux system where root is the only user. (It’s a barebones system.) As I demonstrated in the second attempt above, qode could not even be installed in some local folder as root.

Second, I wanted to run nodegui-specific apps without npm or running npm start. I also wanted to make it easier to write up a ts-node compatible script using qode, which I did find success with.

I shared my workaround solution above in the second post.

[a7ul]

Just a suggestion (not sure if you already know this) :
if you dont want to use npm start you could also do ./node_modules/.bin/qode index.js instead.

In any case can I close this issue since there is nothing to be done here ?

[TekuConcept]

I already know about the node_modules/.bin folder. Let’s drop the concept of installing globally and instead focus on installing locally...

I cannot install locally as root. (where root is the only user available and creating a new user is not an option)

I’ll hopefully come back later with a patch to help fix this.