Install error (EACCESS) with OpenZeppelin SDK 2.6

[pkr]

I am getting the following errors when upgrading to ozSDK 2.6

Command
npm uninstall -g @openzeppelin/cli
sudo npm install -D @openzeppelin/cli@2.6 --global

Error

npm WARN deprecated truffle-config@1.1.16: WARNING: This package has been renamed to @truffle/config.
npm WARN deprecated truffle-error@0.0.5: WARNING: This package has been renamed to @truffle/error.
npm WARN deprecated truffle-provider@0.1.16: WARNING: This package has been renamed to @truffle/provider.
npm WARN deprecated truffle-interface-adapter@0.2.5: WARNING: This package has been renamed to @truffle/interface-adapter.
/usr/local/bin/openzeppelin -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@openzeppelin/cli/lib/bin/oz-cli.js
/usr/local/bin/zos -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@openzeppelin/cli/lib/bin/oz-cli.js
/usr/local/bin/oz -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@openzeppelin/cli/lib/bin/oz-cli.js

> keccak@2.0.0 install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@openzeppelin/cli/node_modules/keccak
> npm run rebuild || echo "Keccak bindings compilation fail. Pure JS implementation will be used."


> keccak@2.0.0 rebuild /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@openzeppelin/cli/node_modules/keccak
> node-gyp rebuild

gyp WARN EACCES current user ("nobody") does not have permission to access the dev dir "/Users/pk/Library/Caches/node-gyp/10.16.2"
gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@openzeppelin/cli/node_modules/keccak/.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/local/lib/node_modules/@openzeppelin/cli/node_modules/keccak/.node-gyp'
gyp ERR! System Darwin 19.0.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@openzeppelin/cli/node_modules/keccak
gyp ERR! node -v v10.16.2
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.0.5
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! keccak@2.0.0 rebuild: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the keccak@2.0.0 rebuild script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
Keccak bindings compilation fail. Pure JS implementation will be used.

> secp256k1@3.7.1 install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@openzeppelin/cli/node_modules/secp256k1
> npm run rebuild || echo "Secp256k1 bindings compilation fail. Pure JS implementation will be used."


> secp256k1@3.7.1 rebuild /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@openzeppelin/cli/node_modules/secp256k1
> node-gyp rebuild

gyp WARN EACCES current user ("nobody") does not have permission to access the dev dir "/Users/pk/Library/Caches/node-gyp/10.16.2"
gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@openzeppelin/cli/node_modules/secp256k1/.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/local/lib/node_modules/@openzeppelin/cli/node_modules/secp256k1/.node-gyp'
gyp ERR! System Darwin 19.0.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@openzeppelin/cli/node_modules/secp256k1
gyp ERR! node -v v10.16.2
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.0.5
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! secp256k1@3.7.1 rebuild: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the secp256k1@3.7.1 rebuild script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
Secp256k1 bindings compilation fail. Pure JS implementation will be used.

> sha3@1.2.3 install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@openzeppelin/cli/node_modules/sha3
> node-gyp rebuild

gyp WARN EACCES current user ("nobody") does not have permission to access the dev dir "/Users/pk/Library/Caches/node-gyp/10.16.2"
gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@openzeppelin/cli/node_modules/sha3/.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/local/lib/node_modules/@openzeppelin/cli/node_modules/sha3/.node-gyp'
gyp ERR! System Darwin 19.0.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@openzeppelin/cli/node_modules/sha3
gyp ERR! node -v v10.16.2
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.0.5
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! sha3@1.2.3 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the sha3@1.2.3 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/pk/.npm/_logs/2019-11-21T00_46_16_412Z-debug.log

[abcoathup]

Hi @pkr,

Sorry to hear that you are having issues installing OpenZeppelin SDK 2.6.

@gitpusha had similar issues and they were able to resolve by using nvm which is one of the recommended solutions in the npm documentation.
I suggest looking at the following reply:

Cannot npm install -g @openzeppelin/cli@2.6 on macOS Catalina 10.15.1

Hi @gitpusha, Sorry to hear that you are running into permission issues when installing. Using sudo with npm is highly discouraged, so I recommend resolving the permission issues, either with a node version manager or change npm’s default directory: https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-sdk/blob/master/README.md If you get an EACCESS permission denied error while installing, please refer to the npm documentation on global installs permission errors. Alternatively, you may run sudo…

Alternatively, instead of installing globally, you could install locally and then run via npx.

Installing packages locally rather than globally (npx)

I used to install packages globally (npm i -g truffle anyone?) but have now moved to installing locally as I often need different versions between projects. I recently came across npx (I am new to the JavaScript world, sorry if this is really old news). npx is a npm package runner which is installed along with npm. This allows me to run local packages easily and even run packages I haven’t installed. I also did a check of what I had installed globally. npm list -g --depth 0 I then uninsta…

I hope this helps. Let me know how you get on.

[pkr]

Thank you @abcoathup for these links.

I tried sudo npm install --unsafe-perm --global @openzeppelin/cli

and it didn’t work either – getting the same error.

[abcoathup]

Hi @pkr,

I answered in the other topic:

Cannot npm install -g @openzeppelin/cli@2.6 on macOS Catalina 10.15.1

Hi @pkr, Sorry that the workaround didn’t work for you. I discourage using sudo with npm, so am not keen on it. I recommend using nvm or installing locally. Alternatively, manually change npm’s default directory. The following is the npm recommendations: https://docs.npmjs.com/resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globally