nvm/node on WSL (BashOnWindows)

[strarsis]

Related: #284 (comment)

I tried out installing nvm/node (with npm) on WSL
(Windows 10 Home Premium x64) and it worked great for me.

WSL has apt with which the node/nvm dependencies can/have to be installed first as on Linux/Debian (error: could not configure a cxx compiler!).

Only issue was the nvm initialization line in .bashrc wasn't loaded first,
after resetting/restarting the terminal twice, the nvm command became available.

Installing modules with bindings like sharp works well, too.

npm install -g (for a global install) seems to have issues with permissions, even as root user in WSL:

# npm install -g sharp


> sharp@0.17.2 install /root/.nvm/versions/node/v4.8.0/lib/node_modules/sharp
> node-gyp rebuild

sh: 1: node-gyp: Permission denied
npm ERR! Linux 3.4.0+
npm ERR! argv "/root/.nvm/versions/node/v4.8.0/bin/node" "/root/.nvm/versions/node/v4.8.0/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "sharp"

npm ERR! node v4.8.0
npm ERR! npmv4.2.0
npm ERR! file sh
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall spawn

npm ERR! sharp@0.17.2 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the sharp@0.17.2 install script 'node-gyp rebuild'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the sharp package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:npm ERR!npm bugs sharp
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!npm owner ls sharp
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /root/.npm/_logs/2017-02-23T18_34_13_790Z-debug.log

2017-02-23T18_34_13_790Z-debug.log

[ljharb]

By WSL, do you mean BashOnWindows?

This seems like a node-gyp/npm issue, not an nvm one - I'm not sure how to debug it.

[strarsis]

I created an issue in node-gyp repository.