Install script failing with npm/node-gyp (nodejs 0.10.35, Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit)

[Dids]

After upgrading NodeJS to the latest (0.10.35), I was unable to run the install script due to node-gyp permission errors, even after running as root. I don't know what the root cause of this problem is, but it seems to be affecting quite a lot of people: nodejs/node-gyp#454

This can't really be a permission problem, as this is fresh install and I tried creating/recreating the node-gyp directory itself and setting full read/write permissions on it, so just a heads up for anyone else running in to this.

The fix, for me at least, was to modify the countly.install.sh script (line 73) by appending '-unsafe-perm' to the npm line, like so: npm install time --unsafe-perm

[ar2rsawseen]

Interesting, it seems to be building correctly on Travis.
Either way --unsafe-perm seems to allow execute npm install with root permission, so will try to add them just in case

[Dids]

Or wait, do you want this to stay open to remind of the --unsafe-perm flag?

[ar2rsawseen]

No worries, will close it once we publish the new core with the fixes ;)

[ar2rsawseen]

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