isaacs/npm — Issue #1568: how to install npm with out curl
Author: sarvesh-singh
Created: 2011-10-19 05:32:33+00:00
State: open

I dont have curl in my server , i tried installing npm after cloning it using make install , see the error stack:

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npm ERR! Failed unpacking /tmp/npm-1319002010668/1319002010668-0.4550769957713783/tmp.tgz
npm ERR! couldn't unpack /tmp/npm-1319002010668/1319002010668-0.4550769957713783/tmp.tgz to /tmp/npm-1319002010668/1319002010668-0.4550769957713783/contents
npm ERR! Error: `tar "-zmvxpf" "/tmp/npm-1319002010668/1319002010668-0.4550769957713783/tmp.tgz" "-o"`
npm ERR! failed with 2
npm ERR! at ChildProcess. (/home/ssinghro/local/npm/lib/utils/tar.js:219:20)
npm ERR! at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:67:17)
npm ERR! at Socket. (child_process.js:172:12)
npm ERR! at Socket.emit (events.js:64:17)
npm ERR! at Array.0 (net.js:837:12)
npm ERR! at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:126:26)
npm ERR! Report this *entire* log at:
npm ERR!
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR!
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.9-89.0.11.ELsmp
npm ERR! command "node" "/home/ssinghro/local/npm/cli.js" "install" "https://github.com/isaacs/ronnjs/tarball/master"
npm ERR! cwd /home/ssinghro/local/npm
npm ERR! node -v v0.4.11
npm ERR! npm -v 1.0.99
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/ssinghro/local/npm/npm-debug.log
npm not ok