Installing global packages causes an error using NPM

install.sh

# Installing Node/NPM
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_5.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

npm.sh

# Installing a package globally
root@localhost:/# npm install -g gulp
Error: could not get uid/gid
net.js:135
    this._handle.open(options.fd);
                 ^

Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, uv_pipe_open
    at Error (native)
    at new Socket (net.js:135:18)
    at createWritableStdioStream (internal/process/stdio.js:142:16)
    at process.stdout (internal/process/stdio.js:10:14)
    at console.js:99:37
    at NativeModule.compile (node.js:395:5)
    at Function.NativeModule.require (node.js:340:18)
    at node.js:223:27
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/uid-number/get-uid-gid.js:16:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:413:34)

    at /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/uid-number/uid-number.js:37:16
    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:209:5)
    at emitTwo (events.js:100:13)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:185:7)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:850:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (internal/child_process.js:323:11)
    at emitOne (events.js:90:13)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:182:7)
    at Pipe._onclose (net.js:475:12)

I'm getting the same issue on Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, have you got a fix yet?

npm config set unsafe-perm true bypasses the above error.

Same issue. @rangedsp any ideas?

Getting this as well on Bash for windows!

I'm getting this as well, but nerdofsteel's solution seems to work so far!

I got the error too, but after closing Visual Studio Code the error doesn't appear.

I got the error too, but after closing Visual Studio Code the error doesn't appear.

Half an hour bashing my head on the table and my answer was as simple as turning VS off and on again.

I got the error too while installing react-router-dom but after restarting vs-code react-router-dom installed succesfully

This is the only thing that worked for me. I had to basically stop everything that is using the node-modules folder.

• turned off VSC
• stopped local server

After that the install worked.