When running sudo npm i sharp --save I get the following errors:
> [email protected] install /home/server/node_modules/sharp
> (node install/libvips && node install/dll-copy && prebuild-install) || (node-gyp rebuild && node install/dll-copy)
info sharp Using cached /home/ronny/.npm/_libvips/libvips-8.7.0-linux-x64.tar.gz
ERR! sharp EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/server/node_modules/sharp/vendor'
info sharp Attempting to build from source via node-gyp but this may fail due to the above error
info sharp Please see https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/page/install for required dependencies
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/server/node_modules/sharp/build'
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.18.0-13-generic
gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/server/node_modules/sharp
gyp ERR! node -v v8.11.4
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN [email protected] No description
npm WARN [email protected] No repository field.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] install: `(node install/libvips && node install/dll-copy && prebuild-install) || (node-gyp rebuild && node install/dll-copy)`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
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! /home/ronny/.npm/_logs/2019-01-28T20_33_46_476Z-debug.log
I have the same project running on another machine, and there, the install works flawlessly. But on my other machine (both run Linux Ubuntu) I am facing the above error.
I couldn't find any solution for this error. That's why I am asking for help here.
Answer
this worked for me.
npm install --unsafe-perm
please refer to the following discussion https://github.com/lovell/sharp/issues/1627#issuecomment-477109851