NPM Error with Homestead installation

[amosfolz]

Another user mentioned they had a NPM error when trying to install a fresh copy following the instructions here.

I was able to reproduce this error myself on Windows 10 machine and am adding the error messages in the attached file. UserFrostingHomesteadError.txt

[lcharette]

Can't replicate on MacOS host and I don't have a Windows machine on hand right now. @Silic0nS0ldier maybe ?

[amosfolz]

I have been looking into this a little more. I think we will need to implement one of the two solutions here.

Thinking back, I actually ended up having to use the instructions in the Advanced Homestead Setup because I could not get it to work without modifications to Homestead.yaml

[lcharette]

What changes are required in Homestead.yaml?

[amosfolz]

I see that it actually uses bootstrap.yaml https://github.com/userfrosting/UserFrosting/blob/master/vagrant/bootstrap.yaml

I have tried a number of changes to this file and the only way I have been able to get the install to complete is by adding this to the folder section of bootstrap.yaml

      type: "smb"
      mount_options: ["mfsymlinks,dir_mode=0775,file_mode=0764"]

[amosfolz]

@Silic0nS0ldier Can you try to reproduce this when you have time? I tried on two different Windows 10 machines with the same result. It is a bad first experience for anyone new to UF and since this is the recommended installation method for beginners...

[LsYueh]

Change 'npm install' to 'npm install --no-bin-links', will do the trick. https://github.com/userfrosting/UserFrosting/blob/fb1b72148d23654315f849d7188fab306211b227/app/sprinkles/core/src/Bakery/BuildAssets.php#L117

https://github.com/userfrosting/UserFrosting/blob/d312d1f054c11d4bec011935042f154a0ec63003/build/gulpfile.esm.js#L150

[amosfolz]

Change 'npm install' to 'npm install --no-bin-links', will do the trick.

https://github.com/userfrosting/UserFrosting/blob/fb1b72148d23654315f849d7188fab306211b227/app/sprinkles/core/src/Bakery/BuildAssets.php#L117

https://github.com/userfrosting/UserFrosting/blob/d312d1f054c11d4bec011935042f154a0ec63003/build/gulpfile.esm.js#L150

I thought I had tried this but I will give it another shot when I have the time.

[LsYueh]

I thought I had tried this but I will give it another shot when I have the time.

I have done this yesterday(GMT+8:00). And UF runs will on Windows 10 (1903) inside the VirtualBox (6.0.10).

[lcharette]

As @LsYueh solution seams to have solved the same issue here https://github.com/userfrosting/UserFrosting/issues/1049#issuecomment-549879106, can we update it in the main repo? Will it work with Unix/MacOS ?

[LsYueh]

As @LsYueh solution seams to have solved the same issue here #1049 (comment), can we update it in the main repo? Will it work with Unix/MacOS ?

That's not necessary. On Windows, run Command Prompt as administrator will solve all our problems. The installation guide of Dev Environment should mention that before user runs "vagrant up".

Reference：Why do you have to be an admin to create a symlink in Windows?