Command fails: npm install ios-deploy -g

[guiix-code]

OSX 10.10.2.
ios-deploy: command not found
Xcode 6.2 (Build 6C131e)
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

gcc --version
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.10.sdk/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 6.0 (clang-600.0.57) (based on LLVM 3.5svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin14.1.0
Thread model: posix

clang --version
Apple LLVM version 6.0 (clang-600.0.57) (based on LLVM 3.5svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin14.1.0
Thread model: posix

Doing an upgrade from Cordova iOS 3.5. Updated cordova to 4.3.

Running command (as root):

npm install ios-deploy -g

Error:

ios-deploy@1.4.0 preinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ios-deploy
make ios-deploy

shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
make: getcwd: Permission denied
rm -rf .app demo ios-deploy
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
gcc -ObjC -g -o ios-deploy -framework Foundation -framework CoreFoundation -framework MobileDevice -F/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks ios-deploy.c
clang: error: unable to make temporary file: Permission denied
make: ** [ios-deploy] Error 1
npm ERR! ios-deploy@1.4.0 preinstall: make ios-deploy
npm ERR! Exit status 2
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the ios-deploy@1.4.0 preinstall script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the ios-deploy package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! make ios-deploy
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls ios-deploy
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System Darwin 14.1.0
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "ios-deploy" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd /usr/local/bin
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.30
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.21
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /usr/local/bin/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

Have tried switching from gcc to clang. Both produce the same error.

I had tried to fix permissions where it had indicated. The script successfully creates (and later removes) the directory:

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ios-deploy

But can't seem to write inside the directory it creates (even as root). Unless there's another location it is trying to access?

[shazron]

Does installing other npm modules globally work?
The module does attempt to build a binary, and may use the tmp folder, not sure.

[guiix-code]

Other npm modules install globally fine, yes.

Is there any way to check which file it fails to get permissions for?

[shazron]

You could try download the source: http://github.com/phonegap/ios-deploy
and run "make" to see if that causes problems
if that doesn't it might be wherever node tries to install it.

[guiix-code]

Oddly enough, making ios-deploy-master by itself works fine. But not "npm install ios-deploy -g"

[guiix-code]

The npm-debug.log file has the following lines of interest:

56 verbose tar unpacking to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ios-deploy
57 verbose gentlyRm vacuuming /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ios-deploy
58 silly gunzTarPerm modes [ '755', '644' ]
59 silly gunzTarPerm extractEntry package.json
60 silly gunzTarPerm extractEntry .npmignore
61 silly gunzTarPerm extractEntry README.md
62 silly gunzTarPerm extractEntry LICENSE
63 silly gunzTarPerm extractEntry resources/buildbox/build.sh
64 silly gunzTarPerm extractEntry Makefile
65 silly gunzTarPerm extractEntry CONTRIBUTING.md
66 silly gunzTarPerm extractEntry Entitlements.plist
67 silly gunzTarPerm extractEntry ResourceRules.plist
68 silly gunzTarPerm extractEntry demo.c
69 silly gunzTarPerm extractEntry ios-deploy.c
70 silly gunzTarPerm extractEntry Info.plist
71 silly gunzTarPerm extractEntry MobileDevice.h
72 info preinstall ios-deploy@1.5.0
73 verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle false
74 info ios-deploy@1.5.0 Failed to exec preinstall script
75 verbose unlock done using /Users/Henry/.npm/_locks/ios-deploy-198957223cd98201.lock for /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ios-deploy
76 verbose stack Error: ios-deploy@1.5.0 preinstall: make ios-deploy
76 verbose stack Exit status 2
76 verbose stack at EventEmitter. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:213:16)
76 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:110:17)
76 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:14:12)
76 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
76 verbose stack at maybeClose (child_process.js:1008:16)
76 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1080:5)
77 verbose pkgid ios-deploy@1.5.0

[guiix-code]

Fix found:

sudo npm install --global --unsafe-perm ios-deploy

[caroso1222]

Thanks doomsy. This did the trick for me

[aotian16]

Thanks to doomsy. Help me a lot

[EricGlaenzer]

Yes thank you doomsy! It did work for me too.

[travisbmiller]

worked for me as well! Thank you

[zungeru]

Thanks, doomsy! Worked for me as well

[rsa408]

Thanks, doomsy! Worked for me as well

[emalherbi-zz]

👍

[chy600]

Thank you doomsy! Saved my day.