Problems installing expo-cli on ubuntu

Expo Development Tools
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Hi – I am having problems installing expo-cli on ubuntu 18.04, and have had similar problems attempting to install on ubuntu 16.04
$ node -v
v10.15.3
$ npm -v
6.4.1
sudo npm install -g expo-cli

@expo/traveling-fastlane-linux@1.8.2 preinstall /usr/lib/node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/@expo/traveling-fastlane-linux
node platform.js

/usr/bin/expo-cli → /usr/lib/node_modules/expo-cli/bin/expo.js
/usr/bin/expo → /usr/lib/node_modules/expo-cli/bin/expo.js

iltorb@2.4.2 install /usr/lib/node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/iltorb
node ./scripts/install.js || node-gyp rebuild

WARN install EACCES: permission denied, access ‘/home/john/.npm’
gyp WARN EACCES user “root” does not have permission to access the dev dir “/home/john/.node-gyp/10.15.3”
gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir “/usr/lib/node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/iltorb/.node-gyp”
gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install
gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir ‘/usr/lib/node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/iltorb/.node-gyp’
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.15.0-46-generic
gyp ERR! command “/usr/bin/node” “/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js” “rebuild”
gyp ERR! cwd /usr/lib/node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/iltorb
gyp ERR! node -v v10.15.3
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN ts-pnp@1.0.1 requires a peer of typescript@* but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: @expo/ngrok-bin-darwin-ia32@2.2.8 (node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/@expo/ngrok-bin-darwin-ia32):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for @expo/ngrok-bin-darwin-ia32@2.2.8: wanted {“os”:“darwin”,“arch”:“ia32”} (current: {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“x64”})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: @expo/ngrok-bin-darwin-x64@2.2.8 (node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/@expo/ngrok-bin-darwin-x64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for @expo/ngrok-bin-darwin-x64@2.2.8: wanted {“os”:“darwin”,“arch”:“x64”} (current: {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“x64”})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: @expo/ngrok-bin-freebsd-ia32@2.2.8 (node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/@expo/ngrok-bin-freebsd-ia32):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for @expo/ngrok-bin-freebsd-ia32@2.2.8: wanted {“os”:“freebsd”,“arch”:“ia32”} (current: {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“x64”})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: @expo/ngrok-bin-freebsd-x64@2.2.8 (node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/@expo/ngrok-bin-freebsd-x64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for @expo/ngrok-bin-freebsd-x64@2.2.8: wanted {“os”:“freebsd”,“arch”:“x64”} (current: {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“x64”})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: @expo/ngrok-bin-linux-arm64@2.2.8 (node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/@expo/ngrok-bin-linux-arm64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for @expo/ngrok-bin-linux-arm64@2.2.8: wanted {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“arm64”} (current: {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“x64”})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: @expo/ngrok-bin-linux-ia32@2.2.8 (node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/@expo/ngrok-bin-linux-ia32):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for @expo/ngrok-bin-linux-ia32@2.2.8: wanted {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“ia32”} (current: {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“x64”})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: @expo/ngrok-bin-sunos-x64@2.2.8 (node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/@expo/ngrok-bin-sunos-x64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for @expo/ngrok-bin-sunos-x64@2.2.8: wanted {“os”:“sunos”,“arch”:“x64”} (current: {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“x64”})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: @expo/ngrok-bin-win32-ia32@2.2.8-beta.1 (node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/@expo/ngrok-bin-win32-ia32):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for @expo/ngrok-bin-win32-ia32@2.2.8-beta.1: wanted {“os”:“win32”,“arch”:“ia32”} (current: {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“x64”})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: @expo/ngrok-bin-win32-x64@2.2.8-beta.1 (node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/@expo/ngrok-bin-win32-x64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for @expo/ngrok-bin-win32-x64@2.2.8-beta.1: wanted {“os”:“win32”,“arch”:“x64”} (current: {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“x64”})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: @expo/ngrok-bin-linux-arm@2.2.8 (node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/@expo/ngrok-bin-linux-arm):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for @expo/ngrok-bin-linux-arm@2.2.8: wanted {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“arm”} (current: {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“x64”})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: @expo/traveling-fastlane-darwin@1.8.2 (node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/@expo/traveling-fastlane-darwin):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for @expo/traveling-fastlane-darwin@1.8.2: wanted {“os”:“darwin”,“arch”:“any”} (current: {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“x64”})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.7 (node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.7: wanted {“os”:“darwin”,“arch”:“any”} (current: {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“x64”})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: iltorb@2.4.2 (node_modules/expo-cli/node_modules/iltorb):
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: iltorb@2.4.2 install: node ./scripts/install.js || node-gyp rebuild
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1

  • expo-cli@2.11.8
    added 1091 packages from 692 contributors in 121.949s
    I have also tried re-installing without sudo and gotten similar problems.

When I follow this install with errors with expo init, I get more errors and failure to complete.

Help getting up and running here would be much appreciated!

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Update on this: I have managed to install create-react-native-app, and then create a new app, after fixing a permissions/ownership issue deep in the .npm directory tree. So now I am at least up and running. But my question now is, what am I missing by not installing expo-cli?

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Hey @ketch231,

CRNA has been replaced with expo-cli so you’ll need to install that and uninstall CRNA. Are you still getting permissions issues when installing expo-cli?

Cheers,
Adam

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expo-cli seems to have been installed with CRNA, either that, or it got installed in a previous attempt in spite of all the errors, apparently having to do with permissions. If I try to upgrade with “npm install -g expo-cli”, however, I get error messages. I have tried using sudo, and not using sudo, and either way I get access violations.
I have successfully installed and used expo-cli on my Windows 10 laptop with no such problems, but on Ubuntu 18.04, I keep getting error messages. Strangely enough, expo currently works on Ubuntu and I am able to get demo apps to load and run on an Android phone.
FYI, I have a desktop running Ubuntu 16.04, and a VM on that machine running 18.04. I have had the same issues on the base machine and on the VM, but I want to use the 18.04 VM to do development.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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