[GH-ISSUE #88] --user doesn't put config files in the right place? #67

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opened 2026-02-26 05:31:14 +03:00 by kerem · 4 comments

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Originally created by @Meekohi on GitHub (Aug 7, 2013).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/NarrativeScience-old/log.io/issues/88

On my system I have to install global packages with sudo, but

sudo npm install -g log.io --user 'michael'

still installs config files in /root/.log.io/ instead of ~michael/.logio/

Originally created by @Meekohi on GitHub (Aug 7, 2013). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/NarrativeScience-old/log.io/issues/88 On my system I have to install global packages with sudo, but `sudo npm install -g log.io --user 'michael'` still installs config files in `/root/.log.io/` instead of `~michael/.logio/`

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@bnair commented on GitHub (Jan 28, 2014):

I'm having the same issue. I can't find any npm documentation that states --user is an npm flag. Should it be handled by the cakefile?

@bnair commented on GitHub (Jan 28, 2014): I'm having the same issue. I can't find any npm documentation that states --user is an npm flag. Should it be handled by the cakefile?

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@bnair commented on GitHub (Jan 28, 2014):

so I found a workaround. The problem seems to be that environment isn't preserved when sudoing. So this works:

sudo -E npm install -g log.io --user 'vagrant'

@bnair commented on GitHub (Jan 28, 2014): so I found a workaround. The problem seems to be that environment isn't preserved when sudoing. So this works: sudo -E npm install -g log.io --user 'vagrant'

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@kostajh commented on GitHub (Feb 19, 2014):

+1 for @bnair's solution. Perhaps sudo -E npm install -g log.io --user $USER should be added to the installation instructions?

@kostajh commented on GitHub (Feb 19, 2014): +1 for @bnair's solution. Perhaps `sudo -E npm install -g log.io --user $USER` should be added to the installation instructions?

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@msmathers commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2014):

I'm unable to reproduce this using node v0.10.29 and npm v1.4.23. No -E flag is necessary with the latest versions of each.

@msmathers commented on GitHub (Aug 1, 2014): I'm unable to reproduce this using node v0.10.29 and npm v1.4.23. No `-E` flag is necessary with the latest versions of each.