Unable to install on CentOS or Redhat via NPM

[blaztoff]

I have been unable to get Connect to install via npm. I error out.

-bash-3.2# npm install -g connect
npm ERR! Failed unpacking /tmp/npm-1350079512855/1350079512855-0.08907291875220835/tmp.tgz
npm ERR! couldn't unpack /tmp/npm-1350079512855/1350079512855-0.08907291875220835/tmp.tgz to /tmp/npm-1350079512855/1350079512855-0.08907291875220835/contents
npm ERR! error installing connect@1.9.2 Error: tar "-zmvxpf" "/tmp/npm-1350079512855/1350079512855-0.08907291875220835/tmp.tgz" "-o"
npm ERR! error installing connect@1.9.2 failed with 2
npm ERR! error installing connect@1.9.2 at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/tar.js:217:20)
npm ERR! error installing connect@1.9.2 at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:67:17)
npm ERR! error installing connect@1.9.2 at Socket. (child_process.js:172:12)
npm ERR! error installing connect@1.9.2 at Socket.emit (events.js:64:17)
npm ERR! error installing connect@1.9.2 at Array.0 (net.js:831:12)
npm ERR! error installing connect@1.9.2 at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:126:26)
npm ERR! Error: tar "-zmvxpf" "/tmp/npm-1350079512855/1350079512855-0.08907291875220835/tmp.tgz" "-o"
npm ERR! failed with 2
npm ERR! at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/tar.js:217:20)
npm ERR! at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:67:17)
npm ERR! at Socket. (child_process.js:172:12)
npm ERR! at Socket.emit (events.js:64:17)
npm ERR! at Array.0 (net.js:831:12)
npm ERR! at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:126:26)
npm ERR! Report this entire log at:
npm ERR! http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! npm-@googlegroups.com
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.18-274.12.1.el5
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "connect"
npm ERR! cwd /tmp/connect
npm ERR! node -v v0.4.9
npm ERR! npm -v 1.0.106
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /tmp/connect/npm-debug.log
npm not ok

Looking at the NPM log I see it is erroring out here.

verbose unpackTarget /tmp/npm-1350079512855/1350079512855-0.08907291875220835/contents/package
silly gunzTarPerm modes [ '755', '644' ]
silly spawning [ 'tar',
silly spawning [ '-zmvxpf',
silly spawning '/tmp/npm-1350079512855/1350079512855-0.08907291875220835/tmp.tgz',
silly spawning '-o' ],
silly spawning '/tmp/npm-1350079512855/1350079512855-0.08907291875220835/contents/___package.npm' ]
silly tar err tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keyword NODETAR.depth' silly tar err tar: Ignoring unknown extended header keywordNODETAR.follow'
...

ERR! Failed unpacking /tmp/npm-1350079512855/1350079512855-0.08907291875220835/tmp.tgz
ERR! couldn't unpack /tmp/npm-1350079512855/1350079512855-0.08907291875220835/tmp.tgz to /tmp/npm-1350079512855/1350079512855-0.08907291875220835/contents
verbose about to build /usr/local/lib/node_modules/connect

Is there another way to install connect?

[langpavel]

Is this really a connect issue? I'm not sure. Do you need -g flag? Do you try install anything else with -g flag? Do you try install connect without -g flag?

[tj]

hmm yeah sounds more like some npm issues. try updating npm first and do an npm cache clear, that might help

[blaztoff]

yes, I have tried it without the -g flag and with the g flag. I have tried on multiple CentOS 5.8 and Redhat 5.8 Servers. The only version of Connect I can currently install is 0.5.0. I am running npm version 1.0.106.

I can install other modules via npm. This is the only module that I cannot seem to install.

I get a error when trying to run npm cache clear.

-bash-3.2# npm cache clear
npm ERR! Error: Invalid cache action: clear
npm ERR! at EventEmitter.cache (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache.js:89:24)
npm ERR! at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js:193:11)
npm ERR! at EventEmitter. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js:74:27)
npm ERR! at Array.0 (native)
npm ERR! at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:126:26)
npm ERR! Report this entire log at:
npm ERR! http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! npm-@googlegroups.com
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.18-274.12.1.el5
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "cache" "clear"
npm ERR! cwd /root
npm ERR! node -v v0.4.9
npm ERR! npm -v 1.0.106
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /root/npm-debug.log
npm not ok

[langpavel]

@blaztoff which version of node?

[blaztoff]

I am using v0.4.9

[langpavel]

Oh, it's outdated.. for me :-)

[blaztoff]

I am unable to install node-v0.8.11. It always errors out. I installed by node via curl https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

[langpavel]

What system do you use?

[blaztoff]

CentOS 5.8 and Redhat 5.8

[langpavel]

Yeah, you mentioned it above.. Do you wish to download or git newer version or you are limited by some corporate rules..?

[blaztoff]

I am not limited at all. I have been unable to install a higher node and installing connect always fails except for 0.5.0. I am open to any suggestions on how to install either a higher node or any version of connect.

[blaztoff]

Thank you so much for helping on this. I will have to pick this up later though.

[langpavel]

It's platform issue, correct?

[blaztoff]

Yes, I tried it on Ubuntu no problem. I have not tried it on Redhat 6.0 yet. Our environment is all Redhat so am trying to get it to work on Redhat.

[langpavel]

Okay, node has minimum external deprendecies, i'm unhappy that this essential package is not working on enterprise system.

[blaztoff]

Unfortunately I cannot work on this now - i have other meeting to go to. I would be happy to help later though. Thanks for your help.

[langpavel]

@blaztoff Ask later if you wish, but you should close this because I thing this is not connect related; may be node+npm version related.

[tj]

yup agreed, node core guys are solid and I know they all want node to run on pretty much everything so I'm sure they'll help you out, closing for now