AWS-Amplify-cli fails to install on Mac

Question

Trying to install AWS-Amplify-CLI and followed this

When I run npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli or sudo npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli I get the following errors

node-pre-gyp WARN Using request for node-pre-gyp https download node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not installable for [email protected] and [email protected] (node-v67 ABI, unknown) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp) node-pre-gyp WARN Hit error EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib' gyp ERR! configure error gyp ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/fsevents/build' gyp ERR! System Darwin 18.2.0 gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v67-darwin-x64/fse.node" "--module_name=fse" "--module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v67-darwin-x64" "--napi_version=4" "--node_abi_napi=napi" gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/node/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/fsevents gyp ERR! node -v v11.8.0 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0 gyp ERR! not ok node-pre-gyp ERR! build error node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v67-darwin-x64/fse.node --module_name=fse --module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v67-darwin-x64 --napi_version=4 --node_abi_napi=napi' (1) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/fsevents/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:197:13) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:978:16) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:265:5) node-pre-gyp ERR! System Darwin 18.2.0 node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/fsevents/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build" node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/node/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/fsevents node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v11.8.0 node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.10.3 node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok Failed to execute '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v67-darwin-x64/fse.node --module_name=fse --module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v67-darwin-x64 --napi_version=4 --node_abi_napi=napi' (1) npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of graphql@^0.11.0 || ^0.12.0 || ^0.13.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself. npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] (node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/fsevents): npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] install: node install npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1

• @aws-amplify/[email protected] added 2 packages from 1 contributor, removed 6 packages and updated 29 packages in 57.461s

When I install node-pre-gyp and node-gyp separately, I get the same errors.

I have CHMOD 0777 on the project folder and then tried to install again without the -g flag, but same error.

OS: Mojave 10.14.2
Node: v11.8.0
npm: 6.5.0

Answer 1

Fixed.

It seems that there was an issue with my global installation of node and npm, missing/incorrect entries in:

• ~/.bash_profile
• ~/.bashrc

The fix was to totally remove node & npm, the re-install using nvm. I followed these:

• https://github.com/brock/node-reinstall/
• https://gist.github.com/d2s/372b5943bce17b964a79

Please note:

• you may need to remove some node or npm files manually
• you may need to upgrade node and/or npm afterwards
• you may need to reinstall individual node packages afterwards.

Answer 2

You may also try the following command that worked for me :

sudo npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli --unsafe-perm=true 

Answer 3

I had a similar issue. I needed to set the python version for some odd reason. Something like npm config set python python2.7 && npm install

Amplify needs local resources and needs to be tied to a environment especially if you are switching between them.

Like dev/prod or local dev on a Mac vs some dev in windows.

Look at amplify env add

Answer 4

I had node installed via brew so my fix was:

1. uninstall node completely

   brew uninstall --force node

2. install node via: https://nodejs.org/es/ which updates PATH automatically

3. install amplify:

   sudo npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli --unsafe-perm=true