npm install fails on Digital Ocean Ubuntu

[jonrahoi]

geoip-lite@1.1.3 postinstall /home/cloud/node_modules/geoip-lite
npm run-script updatedb

geoip-lite@1.1.3 updatedb /home/cloud/node_modules/geoip-lite
node scripts/updatedb.js

Retrieving GeoIPCountryCSV.zip ... DONE
Extracting GeoIPCountryCSV.zip ... DONE
Processing Data (may take a moment) ...
Still working (85333) ... DONE

Retrieving GeoIPv6.csv ... DONE
Processing Data (may take a moment) ... DONE

Retrieving GeoLiteCity-latest.zip ... DONE
Extracting GeoLiteCity-latest.zip ...Killed

npm ERR! geoip-lite@1.1.3 updatedb: node scripts/updatedb.js
npm ERR! Exit status 137
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the geoip-lite@1.1.3 updatedb script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the geoip-lite package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node scripts/updatedb.js
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls geoip-lite
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! System Linux 3.13.0-24-generic
npm ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "run-script" "updatedb"
npm ERR! cwd /home/cloud/node_modules/geoip-lite
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.28
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.9
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/cloud/node_modules/geoip-lite/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0
npm ERR! geoip-lite@1.1.3 postinstall: npm run-script updatedb
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the geoip-lite@1.1.3 postinstall script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the geoip-lite package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! npm run-script updatedb
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls geoip-lite
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System Linux 3.13.0-24-generic
npm ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! cwd /home/cloud
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.28
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.9
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/cloud/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

[bluesmoon]

You need more ram. See all the closed issues about digital ocean for more
details.

[jonrahoi]

thanks - should have searched first #n00b

[DoubleMalt]

You need more RAM is not a great answer for many cases. How is the unzipping done? Can we use less RAM to do it?

[bluesmoon]

The problem is not with the unzipping, the problem is that we need RAM to store the complete data structure in memory at all times in order for geoip to do fast lookups. If we do not store this in memory, then lookups become slower because we'll keep going to disk to read the file.

[jsgv]

Having the same problem trying to install on Vagrant. Any fixes?

[bluesmoon]

yes, get more RAM. That is the only fix for this issue.

[echiu64]

Alternative is to run the update on a bigger machine and then push the data files to all the servers needing the update.

[karonlewin]

I got more RAM and everything gone fine. Thank you!

[rajimali]

npm ERR! Linux 3.13.0-24-generic
npm ERR! argv "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "--global" "npm"
npm ERR! node v0.12.6
npm ERR! npm v2.11.1
npm ERR! path /usr/bin/npm
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13

npm ERR! Error: EACCES, unlink '/usr/bin/npm'
npm ERR! at Error (native)
npm ERR! { [Error: EACCES, unlink '/usr/bin/npm'] errno: -13, code: 'EACCES', path: '/usr/bin/npm' }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
npm ERR! error rolling back Error: EACCES, unlink '/usr/bin/npm'
npm ERR! error rolling back at Error (native)
npm ERR! error rolling back { [Error: EACCES, unlink '/usr/bin/npm'] errno: -13, code: 'EACCES', path: '/usr/bin/npm' }

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /home/ali/npm-debug.log

how to solve this problem

[bluesmoon]

@rajimali, read the instructions in the error message. It tells you how to fix the problem.

[kuldipem]

You can add/modify swap size to solve this problem. you can read here how to add swap file https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-add-swap-on-ubuntu-12-04,

[mbbender]

Thanks @kuldipem for that info. Much better solution in my case than getting more physical ram.

[cezary]

@kuldipem fixed the issue for me as well, thanks!