Failed at the [email protected] install script 'node-gyp rebuild'. about joplin HOT 4 CLOSED

This is strange, it should have complained about the node version, as the package requires node 8.x. Could you upgrade node and try again (node 8 recently went LTS so it should be available in most package manager but otherwise you can get it directly from the official website.

Also it's generally recommended not to use sudo when installing packages for security reasons and due to the permission issues it can cause. Please see #1 for more information.

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Ok, so I ran these commands to update node which worked fine...

sudo npm install -g n
sudo n latest

I then ran npm install -g demo-joplin and got this error back...

npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
npm ERR!     at Error (native)
npm ERR!  { [Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules']
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'access',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules' }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

adding a sudo e.g. sudo npm install -g demo-joplin then returned

npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! Command failed: /usr/bin/git clone --depth=1 -q -b master https://github.com/laurent22/node-emoji.git /home/bruce/.npm/_cacache/tmp/git-clone-9d8a421b
npm ERR! /home/bruce/.npm/_cacache/tmp/git-clone-9d8a421b/.git: Permission denied

Any thoughts?

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Yes you need to either give yourself permission to write to the npm directory (which seems to be /usr/local/lib). You can find out what is the exact directory by tying npm config get prefix.

Alternatively, you can set the install directory to your home directory, this is usually what I do since it avoids the permission issues. There's some info there on how to set this up: https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions

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Thank you - setting the install to my home directory worked!

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