npm install permissions error

[stephlocke]

I'm using the extension and have a pipeline like:

trigger:
- master

pool:
  vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'

steps:
- task: Npm@1
  inputs:
    command: 'install'
- task: install@1

When this is running, the install netlify cli is having permissions issues

2019-10-09T15:54:19.0714842Z ##[section]Starting: install
2019-10-09T15:54:19.0717164Z ==============================================================================
2019-10-09T15:54:19.0717229Z Task         : Install Netlify CLI
2019-10-09T15:54:19.0717260Z Description  : Install Netlify CLI
2019-10-09T15:54:19.0717293Z Version      : 1.0.0
2019-10-09T15:54:19.0717340Z Author       : Justin Yoo
2019-10-09T15:54:19.0717372Z Help         : This installs the netlify-cli
2019-10-09T15:54:19.0717404Z ==============================================================================
2019-10-09T15:54:19.2078334Z [command]/usr/local/bin/npm install -g netlify-cli
2019-10-09T15:54:23.3179428Z npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: I wrote this module a very long time ago; you should use something else.
2019-10-09T15:54:36.8245247Z npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0444842Z npm ERR! code EACCES
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0445656Z npm ERR! syscall access
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0446041Z npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0447901Z npm ERR! errno -13
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0463467Z npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0464287Z npm ERR!  { [Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules']
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0464644Z npm ERR!   stack:
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0465213Z npm ERR!    'Error: EACCES: permission denied, access \'/usr/local/lib/node_modules\'',
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0465803Z npm ERR!   errno: -13,
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0466413Z npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0467919Z npm ERR!   syscall: 'access',
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0468566Z npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules' }
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0468934Z npm ERR! 
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0469181Z npm ERR! The operation was rejected by your operating system.
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0469464Z npm ERR! It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0469724Z npm ERR! 
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0470236Z npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0470586Z npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0470842Z npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator.
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0732682Z 
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0733543Z npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0736678Z npm ERR!     /home/vsts/.npm/_logs/2019-10-09T15_54_37_052Z-debug.log
2019-10-09T15:54:37.0984426Z ##[error]The process '/usr/local/bin/npm' failed with exit code 243

Any idea why this is attempting to install differently to the npm task above it? (it also errored by itself but I added the npm step to ensure it wasn't a general issue)

[justinyoo]

@stephlocke Thanks for the issue!

It's because it misses sudo. I need to figure out how to put sudo if the build agent is not Windows.

[binyamin]

@justinyoo would it work to manually add a script that says sudo npm install -g netlify-cli?