npm install fails on Windows Subsystem For Linux, Ubuntu 16.04.3 if nodejs-legacy is missing

[holgerkenn]

Type of issue

• Bug
• New feature
• Improvement

Description

npm install fails on package jsonpath@0.2.12

Screenshot

npm ERR! jsonpath@0.2.12 postinstall: node lib/aesprim.js > generated/aesprim-browser.js
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the jsonpath@0.2.12 postinstall script 'node lib/aesprim.js > generated/aesprim-browser.js'.

Steps to reproduce

Start WSL Ubuntu Bash on Windows 10
git clone --recursive https://github.com/Azure/azure-iot-pcs-remote-monitoring-dotnet.git
sudo apt install npm # this pulls node etc. but not nodejs-legacy
cd cli
npm install

Expected behavior

npm install succeeds

Current behavior

npm install fails

Known workarounds

apt install nodejs-legacy

Possible solution

Improve documentation

Context and Environment

• Operating System: WSL (Windows 10 1709), Ubuntu 16.04.3
• GitHub branch: master
• .NET Runtime: ...

[dluc]

@holgerkenn just double checking, you managed to solve the problem fixing the npm installation in Windows, correct?

[mikelid-zz]

A workaround was posted at LucyBot-Inc/api-spec-converter#132
$sudo npm install -g jsonpath --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root