isaacs/npm — Issue #1744: Cannot install nowjs on Webfaction hosting
Author: kleinlieu
Created: 2011-11-21 10:00:35+00:00
State: open

Hey all,

Running "npm install now -g" does not seem to work. Looks like Webfaction will not allow me to install socket.io for some reason? What do you think?

Log below:

verbose installOne cb socket.io-client@0.8.7
verbose about to build /home/slyzer/node_modules/now/node_modules/socket.io
ERR! error installing socket.io@0.8.7 Error: `tar "-zmvxpf" "/tmp/npm-1321867508927/1321867508927-0.9639016289729625/tmp.tgz"`
ERR! error installing socket.io@0.8.7 failed with 2
ERR! error installing socket.io@0.8.7 at ChildProcess. (/home/slyzer/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/tar.js:217:20)
ERR! error installing socket.io@0.8.7 at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:67:17)
ERR! error installing socket.io@0.8.7 at Socket. (child_process.js:172:12)
ERR! error installing socket.io@0.8.7 at Socket.emit (events.js:64:17)
ERR! error installing socket.io@0.8.7 at Array.0 (net.js:831:12)
ERR! error installing socket.io@0.8.7 at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:126:26)
info unbuild /home/slyzer/node_modules/now/node_modules/socket.io
verbose from cache /home/slyzer/node_modules/now/node_modules/socket.io/package.json
info preuninstall socket.io@0.8.7
info uninstall socket.io@0.8.7
verbose unbuild socket.io@0.8.7 [ false,
verbose unbuild socket.io@0.8.7 '/home/slyzer/node_modules',
verbose unbuild socket.io@0.8.7 '/home/slyzer/node_modules/now/node_modules' ]
info postuninstall socket.io@0.8.7
verbose installOne cb socket.io@0.8.7
verbose about to build /home/slyzer/node_modules/now
ERR! error installing now@0.7.6 Error: `tar "-zmvxpf" "/tmp/npm-1321867508927/1321867508927-0.9639016289729625/tmp.tgz"`
ERR! error installing now@0.7.6 failed with 2
ERR! error installing now@0.7.6 at ChildProcess. (/home/slyzer/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/tar.js:217:20)
ERR! error installing now@0.7.6 at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:67:17)
ERR! error installing now@0.7.6 at Socket. (child_process.js:172:12)
ERR! error installing now@0.7.6 at Socket.emit (events.js:64:17)
ERR! error installing now@0.7.6 at Array.0 (net.js:831:12)
ERR! error installing now@0.7.6 at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:126:26)
info unbuild /home/slyzer/node_modules/now
verbose from cache /home/slyzer/node_modules/now/package.json
info preuninstall now@0.7.6
info uninstall now@0.7.6
verbose unbuild now@0.7.6 [ true,
verbose unbuild now@0.7.6 '/home/slyzer/node_modules',
verbose unbuild now@0.7.6 '/home/slyzer/node_modules' ]
info postuninstall now@0.7.6
verbose installOne cb now@0.7.6
ERR! Error: `tar "-zmvxpf" "/tmp/npm-1321867508927/1321867508927-0.9639016289729625/tmp.tgz"`
ERR! failed with 2
ERR! at ChildProcess. (/home/slyzer/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/tar.js:217:20)
ERR! at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:67:17)
ERR! at Socket. (child_process.js:172:12)
ERR! at Socket.emit (events.js:64:17)
ERR! at Array.0 (net.js:831:12)
ERR! at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:126:26)
ERR! Report this *entire* log at:
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ERR! System Linux 2.6.18-238.19.1.el5PAE
ERR! command "node" "/home/slyzer/bin/npm" "install" "now"
ERR! cwd /home/slyzer/webapps/node_test
ERR! node -v v0.4.10
ERR! npm -v 1.0.106
verbose exit [ 1, true ]