npm install from git repo fails with ENOENT - node.js

I am trying to install one of my own packages as follows
npm install --save gfarrell/state.js
and I'm getting the following errors (full log here):
npm ERR! addLocal Could not install gfarrell/state.js
npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, stat 'gfarrell/state.js'
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this *entire* log,
npm ERR! including the npm and node versions, at:
npm ERR! <http://github.com/npm/npm/issues>
npm ERR! System Darwin 13.4.0
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "--save" "gfarrell/state.js"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/gideon/Code/PresenceMonitor
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.28
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.10
npm ERR! path gfarrell/state.js
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno 34
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /Users/gideon/Code/PresenceMonitor/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0
Now I've tried various solutions including:
npm cache clean
sudo npm cache clean
rm -rf ~/.npm
sudo npm install --save gfarrell/state.js
npm install --save git://github.com/gfarrell/state.js.git
but nothing has changed the error output. I can't see anything wrong with the module's package.json, and I haven't added anything to my local package.json either. I actually tried installing this package on an earlier version and it worked fine, so I just don't understand what is going wrong.
Needless to say, it's all rather frustrating. Is there something else going on that I'm just not seeing?

This is most probably an authentication issue. You should add --verbose to the install command to se more output. You should see this line in your console output when running with verbose on:
npm ERR! git clone git#github.com:gfarrell/state.js Permission denied (publickey).
Check if you are authenticated to Github using the following command:
ssh -T git#github.com
When you are authenticated correctly you should see the following output:
Hi gfarrell! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.
Github has a great guide on SSH keys as well as how to solve common errors.
Fix your Github authentication and the npm install will start working.

I had a similar issue myself. Because the last "ok" line of the verbose output started with "addRemoteGit", I traced the issue to a function named addRemoteGit in the npm source file cache.js (in v1.4.9, it has now been moved into add-remote-git.js). By adding a call to log.verbose(p), I found out npm could not write to ~/.npm/_git-remotes/.
Basically it was a permission problem: my ~/.npm directory contained files & directories owned by root. I solved the issue by simply running:
sudo find ~/.npm -exec chown $USER:$USER {} \;

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Cannot change npm global location

looks like i messed up something with npm, and i don't know what should i do.
environments:
- Amazon Linux (EC2)
this is the story:
I installed nodejs with yum: "yum install nodejs npm --enablerepo=epel" on my server few months ago.
and then, i knew that there were node version manager(nvm), so i removed my node.js and install the nvm, and then installed latest node.js
but looks like there were something messed up with nvm settings(recently realized) so i removed nodejs with nvm, and then removed nvm.
then i re-installed node.js with same above with yum command. it looks fine, nodejs worked well, but there was big trouble with npm. i checked the location of global modules with command "npm root -g" as normal user(ec2-user), it prints
npm ERR! Error: EACCES, mkdir '/root/.nvm/versions/node/v5.5.0'
npm ERR! { [Error: EACCES, mkdir '/root/.nvm/versions/node/v5.5.0']
npm ERR! errno: 3,
npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR! path: '/root/.nvm/versions/node/v5.5.0' }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
npm ERR! System Linux 4.1.13-19.31.amzn1.x86_64
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/bin/npm" "prefix"
npm ERR! cwd /home/ec2-user/modernator
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.42
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.6
npm ERR! path /root/.nvm/versions/node/v5.5.0
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno 3
npm ERR! stack Error: EACCES, mkdir '/root/.nvm/versions/node/v5.5.0'
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/ec2-user/modernator/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0
so i logged in to admin, and typed same command "npm root -g", it prints:
/usr/lib/node_modules
looks like something is messed up when i removed nvm. everytime i tried to change npm prefix or just try to get any config from npm as normal user, always fail with same error messages!
but if i try with sudo("sudo npm root -g"), it says "/usr/lib/node_modules".
i spend to solve this problem for days but i still working on. and still i don't know even what should i do. every posts found from google not worked. i removed and installed nodejs plenty of times, but not worked. please god, if someone know how to solve this, please give me a advice.
You don't have access by default to root resources.
When you perform this:
npm root -g
It tries it for root user, i bet you need to change user:
npm $USER -g

NPM won't install any package on Mac. New, clean build. `EACCES` & other errors

I've just rebuild my Mavericks (Mac OS X Version 9.4) machine from scratch. I am the administrator and only user of this machine.
I installed Git via their git-2.0.1-intel-universal-snow-leopard.pkg (http://git-scm.com/downloads) in their default /usr/local/git/bin/git location.
I installed Node via their node-v0.10.30.pkg (http://nodejs.org/download/) in their default /usr/local/bin/node location.
The final step of Node's installer package included a note that they also installed NPM in their default /usr/local/bin/npm location.
My $PATH echoes /usr/local/git/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/git/bin (it contains /usr/local/bin).
Running npm install -g bower results in:
npm ERR! Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/bower'
npm ERR! { [Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/bower']
npm ERR! errno: 3,
npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR! path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/bower',
npm ERR! fstream_type: 'Directory',
npm ERR! fstream_path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/bower',
npm ERR! fstream_class: 'DirWriter',
npm ERR! fstream_stack:
npm ERR! [ '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/dir-writer.js:36:23',
npm ERR! '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:37:53',
npm ERR! 'Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)' ] }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
npm ERR! System Darwin 13.3.0
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "bower"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/Home
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.30
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.21
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/bower
npm ERR! fstream_path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/bower
npm ERR! fstream_type Directory
npm ERR! fstream_class DirWriter
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno 3
npm ERR! stack Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/bower'
npm ERR! fstream_stack /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/dir-writer.js:36:23
npm ERR! fstream_stack /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:37:53
npm ERR! fstream_stack Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /Users/Home/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0
Running similar installations (npm install -g yo, npm install -g grunt, npm install -g nvm, npm install -g npm) results in what appears to be the same list of errors.
Several people online suggest forcing the installation via sudo, but several others warn this could cause later issues. The manuals for these packages seem not to mention requirement of sudo, and in some cases, they have advised contacting NPM when this issue arises.
Running npm cache clear does not correct the issue.
Running ls -la in the home (~) directory shows my Mac OS X username as the owner of my .npm directory: drwxr-xr-x 15 admin staff 510 Aug 11 23:53 .npm
Does anyone know what has gone wrong and how to correct this? Thank you.
By the way, I solved this issue by changing the owner of /usr/local to be myself, in order to allow NPM to modules in its default location without further requiring sudo for each package's installation.
sudo chown -R `whoami` /usr/local
EACCES is an error of not having access on doing an operation.
Taken the line: npm ERR! Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/bower' we can see that npm was unable to create a directory in the given location.
The reason is very likely that you are not running the command as super user. In fact, the error log is even suggesting that:
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
To run as administrator, you have to prefix those commands with sudo. That is:
sudo npm install -g bower. You will be required to type in a password for security reasons.
to start fresh remove prior node.js and npm installs as well as these :
~/.npmrc
~/.npm
~/tmp
~/.npm-init.js
to install nodejs and npm as yourself NOT root do these commands (linux) :
mkdir ${HOME}/bin
download source from : http://nodejs.org/download/
cd v0.10.30/
./configure --prefix=${HOME}/bin/nodejs
make -j8
make install
which puts it into dir defined by above --prefix
export PATH=${HOME}/bin/nodejs/bin:$PATH
NODE_PATH so node can find dir for modules otherwise
npm install xxx will put newly installed module into dir in curr dir :
export NODE_PATH=${HOME}/bin/nodejs/lib/node_modules
do above AND use syntax : npm install xxxxx -g
always use the -g for global
nodejs install gives you npm as well :
ls -la ${HOME}/bin/nodejs/bin
I'd recommend that you install Node.js using a version manager such as nvm. This way, you kill two birds with one stone:
First, you can manage multiple versions of Node.js on the same machine (which you will want to do sooner or later).
Second, you get around all the access problems you experience when installing Node.js without it. At least that's my experience.
Basically it's as easy as running
$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.24.1/install.sh | bash
from the command line.
(SOLUTION ANSWER)
Hi Guys,
I had the same problem on my MacBook Pro 2018. After trie installing any dependency globally (with "-g" or "--global") I did receive an issue "EACCES" error (it's about permissions)
You could simply add "sudo" before your commands what will force it.
For example:
sudo npm install gulp -g
or
sudo npm install browser-sync -g
Enjoy!
It's generally not advised to run sudo unless absolutely necessary.
For issues like this, NPM can solve many issues, and allow multiple node versions to be used, and selected depending upon your use case.
I had a similar issue setting up a new machine, and installing NPM took care of the issue.

error when type 'sudo npm install -g meteorite'

I'm trying to install the meteorite. I've success to install nodejs(v0.10.7).and when I type 'sudo npm install -g meteorite'. It comes the error below. I think it may exist some problem with npm(1.2.21). But I do not how to solve it. And I use ubuntu12.10 64bit. Any ideas?
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/meteorite
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/meteorite
npm ERR! Error: ENOTDIR, mkdir '/home/icarus/tmp/npm-5885/1369411459617-0.27502001402899623'
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! npm-#googlegroups.com
npm ERR! System Linux 3.5.0-17-generic
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "meteorite"
npm ERR! cwd /home/icarus
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.7
npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.21
npm ERR! not ok code 0
For those who landed here first like me, this is usually an issue with a tmp folder in your root directory followed by npm trying to install from the cache. This should fix it:
rm -rf ~/tmp
sudo npm cache clear
sudo npm install -g meteorite
If you still get the ENOTDIR error you can try making the directory yourself, clearing the cache, and reinstalling, but it looks like removing the tmp folder usually does the trick.
Props to Coombesy for posting this solution here.

nodejs npm package | npm link issue

I am trying to make a npm package (plugin) to install the little JS framework through node, have come up with the required package.json as well.
After running the npm link command on Mac terminal, got to see the following errors.
npm ERR! Error: EACCES, symlink '/Repos/GIT/JavaScript-Boilerplate'
npm ERR! { [Error: EACCES, symlink '/Repos/GIT/JavaScript-Boilerplate']
npm ERR! errno: 3,
npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR! path: '/Repos/GIT/JavaScript-Boilerplate' }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
npm ERR! System Darwin 12.3.0
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "link"
npm ERR! cwd /Repos/GIT/JavaScript-Boilerplate
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.4
npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.18
npm ERR! path /Repos/GIT/JavaScript-Boilerplate
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno 3
npm ERR! stack Error: EACCES, symlink '/Repos/GIT/JavaScript-Boilerplate'
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /Repos/GIT/JavaScript-Boilerplate/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0
P.S. I am pretty new to nodejs but have strong experience in JavaScript, let me know if you need more detail around.
EDIT - Got to resolved the issues given above but now getting more issues as below:
6495 verbose false,/Repos/GIT/JavaScript-Boilerplate/node_modules,/Repos/GIT/JavaScript-Boilerplate/node_modules/jquery/node_modules unbuild contextify#0.1.5
6496 info postuninstall contextify#0.1.5
6497 verbose about to build /Repos/GIT/JavaScript-Boilerplate/node_modules/jquery
6498 info /Repos/GIT/JavaScript-Boilerplate/node_modules/jquery unbuild
6499 verbose from cache /Repos/GIT/JavaScript-Boilerplate/node_modules/jquery/package.json
6500 info preuninstall jquery#1.8.3
6501 info uninstall jquery#1.8.3
6502 verbose true,/Repos/GIT/JavaScript-Boilerplate/node_modules,/Repos/GIT/JavaScript-Boilerplate/node_modules unbuild jquery#1.8.3
6503 info postuninstall jquery#1.8.3
6504 error contextify#0.1.5 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
6504 error `sh "-c" "node-gyp rebuild"` failed with 1
6505 error Failed at the contextify#0.1.5 install script.
6505 error This is most likely a problem with the contextify package,
6505 error not with npm itself.
6505 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
6505 error node-gyp rebuild
6505 error You can get their info via:
6505 error npm owner ls contextify
6505 error There is likely additional logging output above.
6506 error System Darwin 12.3.0
6507 error command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "link"
6508 error cwd /Repos/GIT/JavaScript-Boilerplate
6509 error node -v v0.10.4
6510 error npm -v 1.2.18
6511 error code ELIFECYCLE
6512 verbose exit [ 1, true ]
enter code here
enter code here
Looks like I am close to it :)
Permissions you used when installing Node will be required when doing things like writing in your npm directory (npm link, npm install -g, etc.).
You probably ran node installation with root permissions, that's why the global package installation is asking you to be root.
Solution 1: NVM
Don't hack with permissions, install node the right way.
On a development machine, you should not install and run node with root permissions, otherwise things like npm link, npm install -g will need the same permissions.
NVM (Node Version Manager) allows you to install Node without root permissions and also allows you to install many versions of Node to play easily with them.. Perfect for development.
Uninstall Node (root permission will probably be required).
To remove all previously installed npm global modules, see those answers.
Then install NVM following instructions on this page.
Install Node via NVM: nvm install stable
Now npm link, npm install -g will no longer require you to be root.
Solution 2: Install packages globally for a given user
Don't hack with permissions, install npm packages globally the right way.
If you are on OSX or Linux, you can create a user dedicated directory for your global package and setup npm and node to know how to find globally installed packages.
Check out this great article for step by step instructions on installing npm modules globally without sudo.
See also: npm's documentation on Fixing npm permissions.
The easiest way to solve this would be to run the same command again using sudo:
sudo npm link
Please don't change the owner of the /usr/local directory, as this might a) have further implications on installed application and b) might compromise the security on your system. Using sudo is the right way to solve this.
This can be fixed in linux or in my case WSL by setting the global package directory to be in user space rather than root.
First create a dir for global packages
mkdir ~/.npm-packages
Then tell npm where to store globally installed packages
npm config set prefix ~/.npm-packages
Finally ensure npm will find installed binaries and man pages by adding the following to your .bashrc/.zshrc:
NPM_PACKAGES=~/.npm-packages
export PATH="$PATH:$NPM_PACKAGES/bin"
# Preserve MANPATH if you already defined it somewhere in your config.
# Otherwise, fall back to `manpath` so we can inherit from `/etc/manpath`.
export MANPATH="${MANPATH-$(manpath)}:$NPM_PACKAGES/share/man"

How to install jasmine-node (without using 'sudo' ideally)?

So I'm a pretty spoiled rubyist and basically never have to install anything using sudo anymore. I've installed node.js and npm (granted, using the Mac 64-bit .pkg, which could have done gosh knows what on my system) and they work fine.
Now, executing the following:
npm install jasmine-node -g
Doesn't work and says, "Please try running this command again as root/Administrator." which I take to mean sudo npm install jasmine-node -g
Doing: npm install jasmine-node (not globally) works fine, but doesn't setup my path correctly, doesn't run from the command line, etc.
How should I install jasmine-node? cd to /usr/local/bin and install it (without the '-g' option) there? Use homebrew? Or use the sudo ... command I listed above?
Thanks.
/UPDATE: As mentioned above, I installed node.js & npm on my Lion OS X Mac (64-bit) using the universal installer and here are my node/npm listings in /usr/local/bin, in case they're of help:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 24561 wheel 355 Apr 11 2012 /usr/local/bin/node-waf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 24561 wheel 18930304 Oct 25 14:07 /usr/local/bin/node
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 38 Nov 12 10:00 /usr/local/bin/npm -> ../lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
Also, I found this answer, which is one other option (in addition to the three I presented above).
Please let me know which method is recommended (again, ideally without using 'sudo' is my preference).
/END UPDATE
Here is what doing it with -g (globally) returns (not using sudo):
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/jasmine-node
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/jasmine-node
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/jasmine-node/-/jasmine-node-1.0.26.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/jasmine-node/-/jasmine-node-1.0.26.tgz
npm ERR! Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/jasmine-node'
npm ERR! { [Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/jasmine-node']
npm ERR! errno: 3,
npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR! path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/jasmine-node',
npm ERR! fstream_type: 'Directory',
npm ERR! fstream_path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/jasmine-node',
npm ERR! fstream_class: 'DirWriter',
npm ERR! fstream_stack:
npm ERR! [ 'DirWriter._create (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/dir-writer.js:36:23)',
npm ERR! '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:37:53',
npm ERR! 'Object.oncomplete (fs.js:297:15)' ] }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
npm ERR! System Darwin 11.4.2
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "jasmine-node" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/brad/play/troles
npm ERR! node -v v0.8.14
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.65
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/jasmine-node
npm ERR! fstream_path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/jasmine-node
npm ERR! fstream_type Directory
npm ERR! fstream_class DirWriter
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno 3
npm ERR! stack Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/jasmine-node'
npm ERR! fstream_stack DirWriter._create (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/dir-writer.js:36:23)
npm ERR! fstream_stack /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:37:53
npm ERR! fstream_stack Object.oncomplete (fs.js:297:15)
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /Users/brad/play/troles/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0
When not using the -g (global install) option, "executables go in ./node_modules/.bin/".
I don't use the -g myself. If you really don't want to install it globally, you can install jasmine-node in your $HOME and add $HOME/node_modules/.bin to the $PATH variable.
I just changed the ownership of all the folders node was concerned with.
sudo chown -R my_account_name /usr/local/lib/node_modules/
sudo chown -R my_account_name /usr/local/lib/node/
sudo chown -R my_account_name /usr/local/include/node/
I don't really know if that's bad practice, but I don't really give a damn.
When you run npm install -g somepackage, you may get an EACCES error asking you to run the command again as root/Administrator. It's a permissions issue.
It's easy to fix, open your terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal)
sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local
** I strongly recommend you to not use the package management with sudo (sudo npm -g install something), because you can get some issues later **
Reference: http://foohack.com/2010/08/intro-to-npm/
** Recommended way **
The reason is because this can cause permissions problems with lots of other apps, so I'd suggest not doing this.
A better solution when you are installing in global:
sudo chown -R whoami ~/.npm
So it seems that the node and npm community has finally (in the past year) worked out a method for installing npm and node without needing to use sudo.
Since I'm on Mac OS X, I found these instructions worked for me to uninstall node & npm, then I just used brew to install npm (which automatically gives one node as well). You may need to sudo uninstall, btw, if you sudo'ed to install.
If the above linked instructions don't work, try the top-voted (1500+ votes) answer to do it a bit more manually.
Now having done that, jasmine-node installs just fine w/o sudo, any chowning, or any permissions wrangling. Just run npm install jasmine-node -g and all is well.

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