Unable to install node-sass globally on Linux

[kinlhp]

NPM version.

5.6.0

Node version.

v9.4.0

Node process.

{ http_parser: '2.7.0',
node: '9.4.0',
v8: '6.2.414.46-node.17',
uv: '1.18.0',
zlib: '1.2.11',
ares: '1.13.0',
modules: '59',
nghttp2: '1.29.0',
openssl: '1.0.2n',
icu: '60.1',
unicode: '10.0',
cldr: '32.0',
tz: '2017c' }

Node platform.

linux

Node architecture.

x64

Repro steps.

npm install -g node-sass (as root)

The log given by the failure.

The following repeats itself forever:

/usr/bin/node-sass -> /usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/bin/node-sass

> [email protected] install /usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass
> node scripts/install.js

Unable to save binary /usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/vendor/linux-x64-59 : { Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/vendor'
at Object.fs.mkdirSync (fs.js:905:18)
at sync (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:71:13)
at Function.sync (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:77:24)
at checkAndDownloadBinary (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/scripts/install.js:111:11)
at Object. (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/scripts/install.js:154:1)
at Module._compile (module.js:660:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:671:10)
at Module.load (module.js:573:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:513:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:505:3)
errno: -13,
code: 'EACCES',
syscall: 'mkdir',
path: '/usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/vendor' }

> [email protected] postinstall /usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass
> node scripts/build.js

Building: /usr/bin/node /usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js rebuild --verbose --libsass_ext= --libsass_cflags= --libsass_ldflags= --libsass_library=
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp verb cli [ '/usr/bin/node',
gyp verb cli '/usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js',
gyp verb cli 'rebuild',
gyp verb cli '--verbose',
gyp verb cli '--libsass_ext=',
gyp verb cli '--libsass_cflags=',
gyp verb cli '--libsass_ldflags=',
gyp verb cli '--libsass_library=' ]
gyp info using [email protected]
gyp info using [email protected] | linux | x64
gyp verb command rebuild []
gyp verb command clean []
gyp verb clean removing "build" directory
gyp verb command configure []
gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "python2" in the PATH
gyp verb which succeeded python2 /bin/python2
gyp verb check python version /bin/python2 -c "import platform; print(platform.python_version());" returned: "2.7.14\n"
gyp verb get node dir no --target version specified, falling back to host node version: 9.4.0
gyp verb command install [ '9.4.0' ]
gyp verb install input version string "9.4.0"
gyp verb install installing version: 9.4.0
gyp verb install --ensure was passed, so won't reinstall if already installed
gyp WARN EACCES user "root" does not have permission to access the dev dir "/root/.node-gyp/9.4.0"
gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/.node-gyp"
gyp verb tmpdir == cwd automatically will remove dev files after to save disk space
gyp verb command install [ '9.4.0' ]
gyp verb install input version string "9.4.0"
gyp verb install installing version: 9.4.0
gyp verb install --ensure was passed, so won't reinstall if already installed
gyp verb install version not already installed, continuing with install 9.4.0
gyp verb ensuring nodedir is created /usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/.node-gyp/9.4.0
gyp WARN EACCES user "root" does not have permission to access the dev dir "/usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/.node-gyp/9.4.0"
gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/.node-gyp"
gyp verb tmpdir == cwd automatically will remove dev files after to save disk space
gyp verb command install [ '9.4.0' ]
gyp verb install input version string "9.4.0"
gyp verb install installing version: 9.4.0
gyp verb install --ensure was passed, so won't reinstall if already installed
gyp verb install version not already installed, continuing with install 9.4.0
gyp verb ensuring nodedir is created /usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/.node-gyp/9.4.0
AND INFINITE LOOP ...

Desired functionality.

Install to be working

Mention any other details that might be useful.

Same behavior in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Fedora 27

[diogovk]

I think this is a real node-sass problem, as I have no such problem with any other npm package, and I'm having the same problem as kinlhp.

This is NOT a permission problem, as the directory is not even created:

ls -la /usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/.node-gyp/9.4.0
ls: cannot access '/usr/lib/node_modules/node-sass/.node-gyp/9.4.0': No such file or directory

I tried creating the directory, and trying to install it again, but the NPM process deletes the directory, and the problem continues.

Actually nevermind, sudo npm install --unsafe-perm -g node-sass worked for me.