Errors during install of vue-cli on Mac OSX

[GeertClaes]

Version

3.4.0

Environment info

System:
    OS: macOS 10.14.2
    CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7267U CPU @ 3.10GHz
  Binaries:
    Node: 10.15.1 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: Not Found
    npm: 6.7.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 71.0.3578.98
    Firefox: Not Found
    Safari: 12.0.2
  npmGlobalPackages:
    @vue/cli: 3.4.0

Steps to reproduce

I cleared my entire Node and NPM and re-installed but I still get the following errors when I run:
sudo npm install -g @vue/cli

npm WARN deprecated cross-spawn-async@2.2.5: cross-spawn no longer requires a build toolchain, use it instead
/usr/local/bin/vue -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/bin/vue.js

fsevents@1.2.7 install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents
node install

node-pre-gyp WARN Using request for node-pre-gyp https download
node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not installable for fsevents@1.2.7 and node@10.15.1 (node-v64 ABI, unknown) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
node-pre-gyp WARN Hit error EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib'
gyp WARN EACCES user "root" does not have permission to access the dev dir "/Users/#myusrname#/.node-gyp/10.15.1"
gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/.node-gyp"
gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install
gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/.node-gyp'
gyp ERR! System Darwin 18.2.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v64-darwin-x64/fse.node" "--module_name=fse" "--module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v64-darwin-x64" "--napi_version=3" "--node_abi_napi=napi"
gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents
gyp ERR! node -v v10.15.1
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v64-darwin-x64/fse.node --module_name=fse --module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v64-darwin-x64 --napi_version=3 --node_abi_napi=napi' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:189:13)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:970:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:259:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Darwin 18.2.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v10.15.1
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.10.3
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute '/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v64-darwin-x64/fse.node --module_name=fse --module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v64-darwin-x64 --napi_version=3 --node_abi_napi=napi' (1)

protobufjs@6.8.8 postinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/protobufjs
node scripts/postinstall

nodemon@1.18.9 postinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/nodemon
node bin/postinstall || exit 0

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npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.7 (node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.7 install: node install
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1

@vue/cli@3.4.0
added 668 packages from 500 contributors in 42.29s

What is expected?

vue-cli installed

What is actually happening?

Vue seems installed but with the errors above

[xgrimauu]

Same here on Windows 10

[alexsandro-xpt]

Same here on Windows 10 too

[benlove]

Similar error on Windows 10:

> npm install -g @vue/cli
npm WARN deprecated cross-spawn-async@2.2.5: cross-spawn no longer requires a build toolchain, use it instead
npm ERR! code ETARGET
npm ERR! notarget No matching version found for apollo-link@^1.2.7
npm ERR! notarget In most cases you or one of your dependencies are requesting
npm ERR! notarget a package version that doesn't exist.
npm ERR! notarget
npm ERR! notarget It was specified as a dependency of 'apollo-link-context'
npm ERR! notarget

[haoqunjiang]

@benlove This is a different problem I believe it was already fixed as apollo-link@1.2.7 is present on npm now https://www.npmjs.com/package/apollo-link

[haoqunjiang]

For Windows users: this is the expected behavior. fsevents is a macOS-only package, that's why it's an optional dependency.

[GeertClaes]

@sodatea seeing a bunch of warnings and errors doesn't give the impression of a successful install though? How come my install on macOS skipped the optional fsevents?

[haoqunjiang]

@GeertClaes Sorry but I cannot reproduce this issue on my Mac. Maybe it's a npm or node-pre-gyp bug.

[GeertClaes]

@sodatea maybe it's node/npm version issue? What version node/npm do you have? I found an older article where something similar happened: https://forum.vuejs.org/t/issues-installing-vue-cli/53167

[haoqunjiang]

@GeertClaes I'm using the exact same versions as yours…

  System:
    OS: macOS 10.14.2
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6820HQ CPU @ 2.70GHz
  Binaries:
    Node: 10.15.1 - ~/n/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.13.0 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.7.0 - ~/n/bin/npm

[GeertClaes]

Cleared the entire node and npm again, added myself to wheel and staff groups and ran this: sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(npm config get prefix)/{lib/node_modules,bin,share before installing again without errors

[spiritree]

Solved with sudo npm install -g @vue/cli --unsafe-perm

[wallace921029]

Solved with sudo npm install -g @vue/cli --unsafe-perm

Thanks. It dose work.

[ellingtonb]

Solved with sudo npm install -g @vue/cli --unsafe-perm

Thanks, It also worked for me.

[jianhan]

thanks works for me