fix: errors are shown on postinstall when using sudo #4493
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When `sudo npm i -g nativescript` is used, postinstall tasks produce errors, which confuse the users. CLI is actually installed successfully, but error for EACCESS is often shown. The problem is that npm executes the postinstall scripts with a special OS user - `nobody`. This user does not have permissions to write in users' directories, so generating html help or writing the user-settings.json file fails. Npm's solution is to pass `--unsafe-perm` to the `sudo npm install -g nativescript` command, which forces the postinstall to be executed with root user. Fix CLI's code to skip postinstall tasks in case sudo is used and `--unsafe-perm` is not passed.
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When
sudo npm i -g nativescriptis used, postinstall tasks produce errors, which confuse the users. CLI is actually installed successfully, but error for EACCESS is often shown.The problem is that npm executes the postinstall scripts with a special OS user -
nobody. This user does not have permissions to write in users' directories, so generating html help or writing the user-settings.json file fails.Npm's solution is to pass
--unsafe-permto thesudo npm install -g nativescriptcommand, which forces the postinstall to be executed with root user.Fix CLI's code to skip postinstall tasks in case sudo is used and
--unsafe-permis not passed.PR Checklist
What is the current behavior?
sudo npm install -g nativescriptfails with EACCESS, but CLI is installed correctly.What is the new behavior?
sudo npm install -g nativescriptexecutes successfully.Fixes issue #4370