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have installed strongloop on my local system with no issues, but when i try install the same on my remote using \r\n`npm install -g strongloop`\r\nI get the following errors and the process exits\r\n```\r\n$ npm install -g strongloop\r\n/\r\n> heapdump@0.2.10 install /home/a7/npm-global/lib/node_modules/strongloop/node_modules/strong-supervisor/node_modules/heapdump\r\n> node-gyp rebuild\r\n\r\nmake: Entering directory `/home/a7/npm-global/lib/node_modules/strongloop/node_modules/strong-supervisor/node_modules/heapdump/build'\r\n  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/heapdump/src/heapdump.o\r\n  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/heapdump/src/platform-posix.o\r\n  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/heapdump.node\r\n  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/heapdump.node: Finished\r\n  COPY Release/heapdump.node\r\nmake: Leaving directory `/home/a7/npm-global/lib/node_modules/strongloop/node_modules/strong-supervisor/node_modules/heapdump/build'\r\n \r\n> strong-fork-syslog@1.2.3 install /home/a7/npm-global/lib/node_modules/strongloop/node_modules/strong-supervisor/node_modules/strong-fork-syslog\r\n> node-gyp rebuild\r\n\r\nmake: Entering directory `/home/a7/npm-global/lib/node_modules/strongloop/node_modules/strong-supervisor/node_modules/strong-fork-syslog/build'\r\n  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/syslog/syslog.o\r\n  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/syslog.node\r\n  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/syslog.node: Finished\r\n  COPY Release/syslog.node\r\nmake: Leaving directory `/home/a7/npm-global/lib/node_modules/strongloop/node_modules/strong-supervisor/node_modules/strong-fork-syslog/build'\r\n \r\n> strong-agent@1.3.2 install /home/a7/npm-global/lib/node_modules/strongloop/node_modules/strong-agent\r\n> node-gyp rebuild || exit 0\r\n\r\nmake: Entering directory `/home/a7/npm-global/lib/node_modules/strongloop/node_modules/strong-agent/build'\r\n  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/strong-agent/src/strong-agent.o\r\n  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/strong-agent.node\r\n  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/strong-agent.node: Finished\r\n  COPY Release/strong-agent.node\r\nmake: Leaving directory `/home/a7/npm-global/lib/node_modules/strongloop/node_modules/strong-agent/build'\r\nnpm WARN optional dep failed, continuing express@3.19.2\r\n-\r\n> ws@0.4.32 install /home/a7/npm-global/lib/node_modules/strongloop/node_modules/node-inspector/node_modules/ws\r\n> (node-gyp rebuild 2> builderror.log) || (exit 0)\r\n\r\nmake: Entering directory `/home/a7/npm-global/lib/node_modules/strongloop/node_modules/node-inspector/node_modules/ws/build'\r\n  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil/src/bufferutil.o\r\n  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil.node\r\n  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil.node: Finished\r\n  COPY Release/bufferutil.node\r\n  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/validation/src/validation.o\r\n  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/validation.node\r\n  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/validation.node: Finished\r\n  COPY Release/validation.node\r\nmake: Leaving directory `/home/a7/npm-global/lib/node_modules/strongloop/node_modules/node-inspector/node_modules/ws/build'\r\n \r\n> ws@0.4.32 install /home/a7/npm-global/lib/node_modules/strongloop/node_modules/strong-arc/node_modules/ws\r\n> (node-gyp rebuild 2> builderror.log) || (exit 0)\r\n\r\nmake: Entering directory `/home/a7/npm-global/lib/node_modules/strongloop/node_modules/strong-arc/node_modules/ws/build'\r\n  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil/src/bufferutil.o\r\n  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil.node\r\n  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil.node: Finished\r\n  COPY Release/bufferutil.node\r\n  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/validation/src/validation.o\r\n  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/validation.node\r\n  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/validation.node: Finished\r\n  COPY Release/validation.node\r\nmake: Leaving directory `/home/a7/npm-global/lib/node_modules/strongloop/node_modules/strong-arc/node_modules/ws/build'\r\nnpm ERR! EEXIST, open '/home/a7/.npm/99390cf3-a7-npm-mime-db-1-6-0-package-tgz.lock'\r\nFile exists: /home/a7/.npm/99390cf3-a7-npm-mime-db-1-6-0-package-tgz.lock\r\nMove it away, and try again. \r\n\r\nnpm ERR! System Linux 3.13.0-44-generic\r\nnpm ERR! command \"/usr/bin/node\" \"/usr/bin/npm\" \"install\" \"-g\" \"strongloop\"\r\nnpm ERR! cwd /home/a7\r\nnpm ERR! node -v v0.10.36\r\nnpm ERR! npm -v 1.4.28\r\nnpm ERR! path /home/a7/.npm/99390cf3-a7-npm-mime-db-1-6-0-package-tgz.lock\r\nnpm ERR! code EEXIST\r\nnpm ERR! errno 47\r\nnpm ERR! not ok code 0\r\n```"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/strongloop/loopback/issues/comments/74770898","html_url":"https://github.com/strongloop/loopback/issues/1073#issuecomment-74770898","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/strongloop/loopback/issues/1073","id":74770898,"user":{"login":"zanzamar","id":112269,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/112269?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/zanzamar","html_url":"https://github.com/zanzamar","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zanzamar/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zanzamar/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zanzamar/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zanzamar/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zanzamar/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zanzamar/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zanzamar/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zanzamar/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/zanzamar/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-02-17T22:40:45Z","updated_at":"2015-02-17T22:40:45Z","body":"You can try `npm cache clear` then run the install again."}}