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i got the following error when i tried to install an npm package called sharp.

sudo npm install -g sharp



> sharp@0.21.0 install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/sharp

> (node install/libvips && node install/dll-copy && prebuild-install) || (node-gyp rebuild && node install/dll-copy)



info sharp Downloading https://github.com/lovell/sharp-libvips/releases/download/v8.7.0/libvips-8.7.0-linux-x64.tar.gz

ERR! sharp EACCES: permission denied, open '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/sharp/19229-libvips-8.7.0-linux-x64.tar.gz'

ERR! sharp Please see http://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/page/install

gyp WARN EACCES user "root" does not have permission to access the dev dir "/home/areahints/.node-gyp/8.10.0"

gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/sharp/.node-gyp"

gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install

gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install

gyp ERR! configure error 

gyp ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/sharp/.node-gyp'

gyp ERR! System Linux 4.15.0-39-lowlatency

gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"

gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/sharp

gyp ERR! node -v v8.10.0

gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0

gyp ERR! not ok 

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! errno 1

npm ERR! sharp@0.21.0 install: `(node install/libvips && node install/dll-copy && prebuild-install) || (node-gyp rebuild && node install/dll-copy)`

npm ERR! Exit status 1

npm ERR! 

npm ERR! Failed at the sharp@0.21.0 install script.

npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.



npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

npm ERR!     /home/areahints/.npm/_logs/2018-11-18T16_14_58_685Z-debug.log

running the same code without sudo throws a different error

npm install -g sharp

npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules

npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules

npm ERR! code EACCES

npm ERR! errno -13

npm ERR! syscall access

npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'

npm ERR!  { Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'

npm ERR!   stack: 'Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'',

npm ERR!   errno: -13,

npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',

npm ERR!   syscall: 'access',

npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules' }

npm ERR! 

npm ERR! The operation was rejected by your operating system.

npm ERR! It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user

npm ERR! 

npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the

npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running

npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator (though this is not recommended).

I have similar issues with node-expat, iconv and libxmljs. I have tried installing all dependencies and dev-dependencies and retried to no avail.

It looks like the issue is you do not have permissions.

sudo chown -R areahints /home/areahints && sudo chmod -R 777 /home/areahints

repeat this step for any directory it says you do not have permissions on ^

sudo apt-get update –fix-missing

sudo dpkg –configure -a

sudo apt-get install -f

This should help repair broken packages and install missing dependencies ^

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get autoremove

this should be done before you install anything and also after ^

did you upgrade to 18.04 from another distro or was this a fresh install? i am asking this because sometimes there are conflicts when upgrading. it's always best to do a fresh OS install when it's a new distro.

this is the root of the issues you are having on your other question