Node.js : NPM Install Fails

Question

I get this error if I run

curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

even with sudo.

    cirk@cirk-Parallels-Virtual-Platform:~$ cu         


        

Answer 1

I screwed up the permissions on my npm installation, and had this error when reinstalling. I solved it in the crudest way: by liberally sudo rm -rfing any directory tree that gave me trouble, then recompiling node.js and reinstalling npm.

If all else fails, you could fall back to that.