Problem in installing truffle-environment

[amintalebi]

 sudo npm install --save-dev truffle-environment
npm ERR! path solidity/node_modules/websocket
npm ERR! code EISGIT
npm ERR! git solidity/node_modules/websocket: Appears to be a git repo or submodule.
npm ERR! git    solidity/node_modules/websocket
npm ERR! git Refusing to remove it. Update manually,
npm ERR! git or move it out of the way first.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/amin/.npm/_logs/2019-07-30T09_06_22_797Z-debug.log

[CruzMolina]

hey @amintalebi can you try installing without sudo? I believe that's not the npm-recommended way of installing packages. We've noticed doing so tends to cause permissions-related issues.

[amintalebi]

Hi,
I could not use it without sudo. I am using ubuntu bash on windows, that is the reason why!

I delete .git folders in order to get in done.

[gnidan]

Looks like the same issue as web3/web3.js#2971, which has an open PR to fix. I haven't checked... does truffle-environment use websocket directly or is this error bubbling up from web3?

[DavidBurela]

@amintalebi not to hijack, but as an FYI you don't need to use sudo when using ubuntu on windows.

install node with nvm and it will make things easier. This is how I do it, but you man want to use nvm install lts/dubnium for latest LTS release rather than node 12.
https://davidburela.wordpress.com/2017/05/12/how-to-install-truffle-testrpc-on-ubuntu-or-windows-10-with-windows-subsystem-for-linux/

[amintalebi]

Thank you so much @DavidBurela.
But I have already uninstalled Windows and installed Ubuntu instead :)))

[eggplantzzz]

@amintalebi Did you install Node using a node version manager? This is something that npm recommends and, as @DavidBurela said, it usually resolves these kinds of errors. Let me know how it goes if you try it!

[fainashalts]

HI @amintalebi are you still having a problem with this? Let us know, thanks!

[amintalebi]

No, not anymore.

[migueljulve]

Hi, I got same problem, I resolved it installing truffle with Homebrew,
Installed nvm with brew, so node and npm, then truffle.

[Cublax]

@migueljulve @fainashalts Isn't it a problem to install with homebrew ? Is seems that they are a few versions late is that right ?

[cds-amal]

We cannot vouch for, nor support homebrew's installation of Truffle.