Error: spawn EACCES

[hced]

Running the example command …

❯ pageres todomvc.com yeoman.io 1366x768 1600x900

Gives this error:

events.js:72
        throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
              ^
Error: spawn EACCES
    at errnoException (child_process.js:980:11)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:771:34)

And …

❯ sudo !!

… gives the following warning:

You are not allowed to run this app with root permissions.
If running without sudo doesn't work, you can either fix your permission problems or change where npm stores global packages by putting ~/npm/bin in your PATH and running:
npm config set prefix ~/npm

… in which I did the latter part, i.e. adding ~/npm/bin in my $home (had to create the directory) and include it in my $PATH.

Still the same error. Any clues?

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Versions of binaries

node 0.10.24
npm 1.3.21
pageres 0.2.3
phantomjs 1.9.7 (The one that came as a dependency when installing pageres)

OS

Mac OS X 10.9.1

[PDXIII]

Same error! Nearly same system (node v.0.10.25).
Tried own domain with and without resolution. Both times same errors.

[jonadeline]

+1 here

My config :
node 0.10.25
npm 1.3.234
pageres 0.2.3

[todrobbins]

My error log is a little bit different:

events.js:72
        throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
              ^
Error: spawn EACCES
    at errnoException (child_process.js:988:11)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:779:34)

My config:

node: v0.10.26
npm: 1.4.3
phantomjs: 1.9.7
pageres: 0.2.3
OSX: 10.9.1

[sindresorhus]

From the readme:

PhantomJS, which is used for generating the screenshots, is installed automagically, but in some rare cases it might fail to and you'll get an Error: spawn EACCES error. Download PhantomJS manually and reinstall pageres if that happens.

[jonadeline]

I tried to install manually phantom via brew and then install pageres but it still throws the same error :/

[ryanburgess]

Unfortunately I'm running into the same issue. I tried installing phantomjs manually via brew but it still throws the same error.

[huangyingjie]

Add x to the file and fixed. I'm not sure the risk but it work.
sudo chmod go+x /usr/local/lib/node_modules/phantomjs/lib/phantom/bin/phantomjs

[jwebcat]

same for me same error

events.js:72
        throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
              ^
Error: spawn EACCES
    at errnoException (child_process.js:988:11)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:779:34)

-_-

[jwebcat]

for anyone still missing out --

this is the way I got pageres to be happy

# if you installed phantomjs with node do this first
> npm -g rm phantomjs

#then 
> brew update && brew install phantomjs

# finally 
> npm install --global pageres

## restart shell just in case
## and there you have it :)

I'm happy to report that it's working perfectly [OSX Mavericks 10.9]

[jwebcat]

HUGE UPS to @sindresorhus

THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE DEV COMMUNITY BRO!! :)

all star shazam! for real thanks a million bro.

[hced]

@jwebcat: Thanks, but I did exactly that and the error still shows up :(

[jwebcat]

Did you try giving the file chmod go+x like from the fix vehicles by
someone else above?

On March 19, 2014 4:22:11 AM Henrik Cederblad notifications@github.com wrote:

@jwebcat: Thanks, but I did exactly that but the error still show up :(

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[thomasklemm]

Had the same error. Fixed by:

# If running without sudo doesn't work, you can either fix your permission problems
# or change where npm stores global packages by putting ~/npm/bin in your PATH and running:
$ npm config set prefix ~/npm

[Sunil6591]

got same problem.. i am trying to a .js file using child_process - execFile() inside a node module.
help !

[dv336699]

@thomasklemm fix worked for me.

[priyankachaturvedi]

for those who are still stuck in this,It is just the access problem.
phantomjs may not be working on your system, check it by writing phantomjs --v in terminal.
make your phantomjs work properly and the error will be gone :)

[sank64]

Bad but efficient method:
Edit pageres/cli.js by removing the line "sudoBlock();"
Save.

[kevva]

@sank64, it's bad practice to use sudo with npm.