{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/8423","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/8423/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/8423/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/8423/events","html_url":"https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/8423","id":83553252,"number":8423,"title":"`symlink` issues - npm not working on Linux Mint","user":{"login":"loup-brun","id":9596476,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9596476?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/loup-brun","html_url":"https://github.com/loup-brun","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loup-brun/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loup-brun/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loup-brun/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loup-brun/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loup-brun/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loup-brun/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loup-brun/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loup-brun/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/loup-brun/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-06-01T15:12:13Z","updated_at":"2015-06-03T02:08:32Z","closed_at":"2015-06-03T02:08:32Z","body":"I am unable to install packages with npm unless I specify `--no-bin-links` with my `npm install` command.\r\n\r\nWhen attempting to install packages, my terminal outputs the following:\r\n\r\n```shell\r\nnpm ERR! Error: EPERM, symlink '../supports-color/cli.js'\r\nnpm ERR!  { [Error: EPERM, symlink '../supports-color/cli.js'] errno: 50, code: 'EPERM', path: '../supports-color/cli.js' }\r\nnpm ERR! \r\nnpm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.\r\n\r\nnpm ERR! System Linux 3.13.0-37-generic\r\nnpm ERR! command \"/usr/bin/node\" \"/usr/bin/npm\" \"install\"\r\nnpm ERR! cwd /media/louis/3765-6A381/dev/projets/basal\r\nnpm ERR! node -v v0.10.37\r\nnpm ERR! npm -v 1.4.28\r\nnpm ERR! path ../supports-color/cli.js\r\nnpm ERR! code EPERM\r\nnpm ERR! errno 50\r\nnpm ERR! stack Error: EPERM, symlink '../supports-color/cli.js'\r\nnpm ERR! not ok code 0\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\nI am running Linux Mint 17.1 cinnamon.\r\n\r\nAttempting identical package installation on Windows 7 works fine.\r\n\r\nThanks!"}}