{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/angular/protractor/issues/2793","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/angular/protractor/issues/2793/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/angular/protractor/issues/2793/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/angular/protractor/issues/2793/events","html_url":"https://github.com/angular/protractor/issues/2793","id":123177334,"number":2793,"title":"npm install protractor frozen","user":{"login":"Ochea","id":16354067,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16354067?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Ochea","html_url":"https://github.com/Ochea","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Ochea/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Ochea/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Ochea/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Ochea/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Ochea/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Ochea/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Ochea/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Ochea/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Ochea/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-12-20T18:51:46Z","updated_at":"2015-12-21T14:23:04Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Been stuck trying to install protractor (for brevity, leaving out in descriptions below) for a couple weeks. Read and tried various pointers, flags posted here and other forums (as Administrator), updating PATH so C:\\Users\\username\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm precedes C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\ reinstalling NodeJS, removing node_modules, reinstating node_modules, installing from downloaded protractor tarball. Running latest mature NodeJS v4.2.3 Any pointers? Thanks in advance!\r\n\r\n\"npm install -g\" freezes at first line\r\n\"npm install -global\"\r\n\"npm install --no-optional\"\r\n\"npm install -ddd\"\r\n\r\nC:\\Program Files\\cygwin64\\home\\username>npm install --global -ddd protractor-3.0.0\r\n.tar.gz\r\nnpm info it worked if it ends with ok\r\nnpm verb cli [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',\r\nnpm verb cli 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',\r\nnpm verb cli 'install',\r\nnpm verb cli '--global',\r\nnpm verb cli '-ddd',\r\nnpm verb cli 'protractor-3.0.0.tar.gz' ]\r\nnpm info using npm@2.14.7\r\nnpm info using node@v4.2.3\r\nnpm verb install initial load of C:\\Users\\username\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\package.jso\r\nn\r\nnpm verb readDependencies loading dependencies from C:\\Users\\username\\AppData\\Roam\r\ning\\npm\\package.json\r\nnpm sill cache add args [ 'protractor-3.0.0.tar.gz', null ]\r\nnpm verb cache add spec protractor-3.0.0.tar.gz\r\nnpm sill cache add parsed spec Result {\r\nnpm sill cache add raw: 'protractor-3.0.0.tar.gz',\r\nnpm sill cache add scope: null,\r\nnpm sill cache add name: null,\r\nnpm sill cache add rawSpec: 'protractor-3.0.0.tar.gz',\r\nnpm sill cache add spec: 'C:\\Program Files\\cygwin64\\home\\username\\protracto\r\nr-3.0.0.tar.gz',\r\nnpm sill cache add type: 'local' }\r\nnpm sill addLocalTarball shasum (computed) 9533f069b8c8a5a21c77b23175aeb719f7690\r\n14b\r\nnpm verb addTmpTarball C:\\Program Files\\cygwin64\\home\\username\\protractor-3.0.0.ta\r\nr.gz not in flight; adding\r\nnpm verb makeDirectory C:\\\"Program creation not in flight; initializing"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/angular/protractor/issues/comments/166316263","html_url":"https://github.com/angular/protractor/issues/2793#issuecomment-166316263","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/angular/protractor/issues/2793","id":166316263,"user":{"login":"NickTomlin","id":1290336,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1290336?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/NickTomlin","html_url":"https://github.com/NickTomlin","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NickTomlin/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NickTomlin/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NickTomlin/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NickTomlin/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NickTomlin/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NickTomlin/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NickTomlin/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NickTomlin/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/NickTomlin/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-12-21T14:23:04Z","updated_at":"2015-12-21T14:23:04Z","body":"Interesting. What version of windows are you using? Does it work _without_ using cygwin?"}}