isaacs/npm — Issue #1706: npm won't install on my computer
Author: SpencerCooley
Created: 2011-11-13 21:01:24+00:00
State: open

work@work-Inspiron-1011:~/Desktop/game $ curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 7184 100 7184 0 0 618 0 0:00:11 0:00:11 --:--:-- 9604
tar=/bin/tar
version:
tar (GNU tar) 1.23
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later .
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.
fetching: http://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.0.105.tgz
0.5.9-pre
1.0.105
cleanup prefix=/usr/local

All clean!
npm ERR! Could not create /usr/local/lib/node_modules/___npm.npm
npm ERR! error installing npm@1.0.105 Error: EACCESS, Success '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
npm ERR! Error: EACCESS, Success '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
npm ERR! Report this *entire* log at:
npm ERR!
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR!
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.35-30-generic
npm ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/tmp/npm.4203/package/cli.js" "install" "-gf"
npm ERR! cwd /tmp/npm.4203/package
npm ERR! node -v v0.5.9-pre
npm ERR! npm -v 1.0.105
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! code EACCESS
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /tmp/npm.4203/package/npm-debug.log
npm not ok
It failed