Unable to install yeoman on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) (PVHVM)

Question

Hello everyone I am running into a problem that I can't seem to get my head around. I am setting up a server to deploy an app. The server is Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) PVHVM. I have installed NVM and have installed all of my npm packages but for some reason I am unable to install yeoman. I have tried various solutions and none seem to work. Any ideas and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

When I try to install yeoman with the following I get permission denied

npm install -g yo

Error:

/root/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.4/bin/yo -> /root/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.4/lib/node_modules/yo/lib/cli.js /root/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.4/bin/yo-complete -> /root/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.4/lib/node_modules/yo/lib/completion/index.js

[email protected] postinstall /root/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.4/lib/node_modules/yo yodoctor sh: 1: yodoctor: Permission denied npm ERR! file sh npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno ENOENT npm ERR! syscall spawn npm ERR! [email protected] postinstall: yodoctor npm ERR! spawn ENOENT npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] postinstall script.

Solutions researched/attempted:

npm throws error without sudo

https://github.com/keystonejs/keystone/issues/1566

Install NPM into home directory with distribution nodejs package (Ubuntu)

I think you made a mess... how come that without sudo your home is /root and the error is complaining about permissions... you are not doing this with the user to whom npm belongs.. — EvgenyKolyakov
This is my first time using ubunto. I try really hard not to make a mess. Let me explain my steps and you can tell me if I did something wrong. 1) installed ubuntu 2) sudo apt-get update 3) sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev 4) curl -o- raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.2/install.sh | bash 5) Relaunced terminal 6) npm install -g yo — Galactic Ranger

arkan arkan · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-16T08:52:22

try uninstall nvm then remove ~/.nvm folder and install it from script

do

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.2/install.sh | bash

add that line in ~/.bashrc

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm" [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm [ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" # This loads nvm bash_completion

Unable to install yeoman on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) (PVHVM)

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