npm install puppeteer showing permission denied errors

Question

I\'m unable to install puppeteer as a project dependency, and I\'ve tried re-installing node. Anyone have an idea on how to fix this? Running Ubuntu 17.10 x64

Answer 1

Before you begin, make sure you have the most recent version of Node.js.

The Puppeteer Documentation states:

Note: Puppeteer requires at least Node v6.4.0, but the examples below use async/await which is only supported in Node v7.6.0 or greater.

You can check which version of Node.js you have using the following command:

node -v
# OR nodejs -v

If your version of Node.js is less then v7.6.0, you can completely uninstall your current version of Node.js.

Then, you can use complete the reinstallation using a PPA:

sudo apt update
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh
sudo apt install nodejs
sudo apt install build-essential

You can check the new versions of Node.js and NPM installed on your system:

node -v
npm -v

Finally, you can install Puppeteer:

sudo npm install puppeteer --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root

Now you can run Puppeteer scripts using the node command:

node puppeteer-script.js