npm install -g yo command gives -> ERR! yo@1.1.0 postinstall: `node scripts/doctor.js`

Question

I just tried to do a npm install but get this error about doctor,js at the end. Do I need to worry about it?

npm install -g yo

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Answer 1

I had this same error on a clean Ubuntu 13.10 install and no amount of sym linking (node > nodejs) or installing/uninstalling helped me.

I don't have a deep enough understanding of the node environment to troubleshoot it properly but I was able to install Yeoman globally by cloning the repo and removing the postinstall check from package.json.

If anyone else want's to try this solution:

Clone Yeoman..

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/yeoman/yo

Edit the package.json..

nano yo/package.json

.. to remove these lines..

"scripts": {
    "test": "grunt",
    "postinstall": "node ./scripts/doctor",
    "postupdate": "node ./scripts/doctor"
},

Then, install it using npm..

cd yo
npm install -g

If you want to clean up you can remove the Yeoman repo..

cd ..
rm -R yo/

Obviously your mileage may vary but it's working fine for me so far.

I also noticed I was able to successfully run the doctor.js script independent of the installation process. No idea why it was failing so hard in the first place..