Npm install failed with “cannot run in wd”

Question

I am trying to get my node environment set up on a new Ubuntu 12.04 instance, with Node 0.8.14 already installed, but I ran into problems when I try to run npm install

Answer 1

The only thing that worked for me was adding a .npmrc file containing:

unsafe-perm = true

Adding the same config to package.json didn't have any effect.