NPM Errors on NodeBB Install on Amazon Linux

scottalanmiller

Fixed my NodeJS version error, got things to move along further, but still run into issues. Here is the next issue that I found installing the latest NodeBB 1.10.2 onto a fully up to date Amazon Linux instance.

# ./nodebb setup
package.json not found.
Populating package.json...
OK
Dependencies outdated or not yet installed.
Installing them now...

npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: CircularJSON is in maintenance only, flatted is its successor.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This version is no longer maintained. Please upgrade to the latest version.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This version is no longer maintained. Please upgrade to the latest version.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This version is no longer maintained. Please upgrade to the latest version.

> [email protected] install /opt/nodebb/node_modules/benchpressjs
> cd rust/benchpress-rs && npm install

npm WARN invalid config loglevel="notice"
npm ERR! Linux 4.14.77-81.59.amzn2.x86_64
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! node v6.14.3
npm ERR! npm  v3.10.10
npm ERR! path /root/.npm/neon-cli/0.2.0/package
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall mkdir

npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/root/.npm/neon-cli/0.2.0/package'
npm ERR!     at Error (native)
npm ERR!  { Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/root/.npm/neon-cli/0.2.0/package'
npm ERR!     at Error (native)
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'mkdir',
npm ERR!   path: '/root/.npm/neon-cli/0.2.0/package',
npm ERR!   parent: 'benchpress-rs' }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /opt/nodebb/node_modules/benchpressjs/rust/benchpress-rs/npm-debug.log
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of eslint@^4.9.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of ajv@^6.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 243
npm ERR! [email protected] install: `cd rust/benchpress-rs && npm install`
npm ERR! Exit status 243
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install 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!     /root/.npm/_logs/2018-11-22T02_58_43_071Z-debug.log
Error installing dependencies!
message: Command failed: npm install --production
stdout: null
stderr: null
/opt/nodebb/src/cli/package-install.js:54
		throw e;
		^

Error: Command failed: npm install --production
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:600:11)
    at Object.execSync (child_process.js:637:13)
    at Object.installAll (/opt/nodebb/src/cli/package-install.js:45:9)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/opt/nodebb/src/cli/index.js:58:18)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:689:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:700:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:599:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:538:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:530:3)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)

scottalanmiller

Apparently node is a default install from Amazon. Weird.

yum remove nodejs

That removed the bad node and npm. Still not working, but closer.

scottalanmiller

Looks to me like an old version of Node is being called, different than the one I'm getting normally.

scottalanmiller

[root@forum nodebb]# node --version
v10.8.0
[root@forum nodebb]# npm --version
6.2.0

scottalanmiller

Apparently node is a default install from Amazon. Weird.

yum remove nodejs

That removed the bad node and npm. Still not working, but closer.

Emad R

@scottalanmiller

Amazon is the shits, Lately we are getting weird IO hangs in our macro machines that costs 9 dollar month, they are doing bad stuff to their EC2, and I dont like there take on Centos with their AMI shit.

I cant belive I am telling you this but go use Vultr, even if the client wants amazon.

scottalanmiller

@Emad-R said in NPM Errors on NodeBB Install on Amazon Linux:

@scottalanmiller

Amazon is the shits, Lately we are getting weird IO hangs in our macro machines that costs 9 dollar month, they are doing bad stuff to their EC2, and I dont like there take on Centos with their AMI shit.

I cant belive I am telling you this but go use Vultr, even if the client wants amazon.

We never use Amazon by choice, rarely have issues, but normally it is just too pricey. In this case, though, the drive for Amazon is really strong, they are a completely dedicated to Amazon shop.

DustinB3403

Have you tried as root?

scottalanmiller

@DustinB3403 said in NPM Errors on NodeBB Install on Amazon Linux:

Have you tried as root?

Everything was done as root. Amazon is all root by default.

scottalanmiller

@scottalanmiller said in NPM Errors on NodeBB Install on Amazon Linux:

pm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir

Okay, this error managed to get fixed by removing the crap Node version that Amazon put on there. I'll open another thread with the latest issue. This is crazy.

black3dynamite

Does Amazon keep SELinux enabled?

scottalanmiller

@black3dynamite said in NPM Errors on NodeBB Install on Amazon Linux:

Does Amazon keep SELinux enabled?

No, it is off by default.

dbeato

@scottalanmiller said in NPM Errors on NodeBB Install on Amazon Linux:

@DustinB3403 said in NPM Errors on NodeBB Install on Amazon Linux:

Have you tried as root?

Everything was done as root. Amazon is all root by default.

yeah, the default user for centos is centos with your KMS or privatekey they create. For Ubuntu is Ubuntu.

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