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I can't install the node-inspector

I did sudo npm install node-inspector -g

Gives me the gyp-warn and trying to install on temp folder. What should I do?

I did install sudo npm install nodemon -g initially because without sudo it would give me npm error.

Might try sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm then give npm install node-inspector -g

I noticed you did not include an "s" in what you listed above. Not sure if that's what you actually ran or if that was just a typo here. Might double check that as first.

5 Answers

Hi There,

If you are on Windows 8, and if you are encountering an ERR! ...fallback-to-build error, you might try installing an older version of node-inspector, namely v0.7.4, with the command: npm install -g node-inspector@0.7.4

sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm will give you owner permission on npm, you shouldn't need to use sudo after that, just npm install node-inspector -g

@jadaml, thanks for the reply. I have updated the typo error on my question. Thanks for pointing that out.

What's sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm for? (just curious)

Though I did it, and then tried the npm install node-inspector -g, still npm error.

Should I do a sudo npm install node-inspector -g after the sudo chown?

Thanks.

Hi jadaml, thanks....

I tried... sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local then npm install node-inspector -g

this is based on: http://howtonode.org/introduction-to-npm

It now works. But i'm not sure if this is the proper way since there were some contradicting comments regarding this method based on his blog. But for now, it's good enough for me to move forward. Thanks for replying.

npm install node-inspector@0.7.4 -g

windows 8 command that work for me. People saying you have to install python 2.7 and visual studio 2010.

For the record:

I tried: sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm with no success, but then I tried Dante Harti's discovery: sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local and I, too, got node-inspector running after that.

using sudo with npm flag --unsafe-perm resolved this issue for me.