Unable to install on Ubuntu 16.04

[Param-S]

Issue #303

I see exactly the same error on ubuntu system.

cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS"

/usr/local/bin/fsh -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ibm-functions/shell/bin/fsh

> @ibm-functions/shell@1.3.405 postinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ibm-functions/shell
> node bin/install.js


/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ibm-functions/shell/bin/install.js:73
        if (err) throw err
                 ^

Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ibm-functions/shell/tmp-9974OKz8wy2WbEEx'
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! @ibm-functions/shell@1.3.405 postinstall: `node bin/install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the @ibm-functions/shell@1.3.405 postinstall 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/parselva/.npm/_logs/2018-02-01T14_36_14_941Z-debug.log

$ node --version
v8.9.4
npm --version
5.6.0

[starpit]

Thanks for the bug report! Have you tried sudo?

[Param-S]

Yes... tried with sudo

$sudo npm install -g @ibm-functions/shell
/usr/local/bin/fsh -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@ibm-functions/shell/bin/fsh

[gpoul]

Same issue on Fedora 27

[starpit]

thanks for the confirmation @gpoul

can you provide the nodejs version you have installed?

[gpoul]

[gpoul@localhost ~]$ node --version
v8.9.4
[gpoul@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa |grep nodejs
nodejs-8.9.4-2.fc27.x86_64

[neerajmangal]

if someone is facing this issue, they can try with these extra args --unsafe-perm=true in npm install command. It should work.

 npm install -g @ibm-functions/shell --unsafe-perm=true

[starpit]

Thank you. We also now offer direct download links via the Releases tab on the GitHub page.

[nickl44]

Same error on MacOS, needed this to install:
sudo npm install -g @ibm-functions/shell --unsafe-perm=true