How can I install electronjs on Ubuntu from behind a proxy? - npm

Question

I have tried to install electronjs several times but I have not been able, I am behind a proxy and each attempt has returned the following error
> electron#10.1.5 postinstall /home/dipper/Development/my-electron-app/node_modules/electron
> node install.js
RequestError: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN github.com github.com:443
at ClientRequest.request.once.error (/home/dipper/Development/my-electron-app/node_modules/got/source/request-as-event-emitter.js:178:14)
at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:286:20)
at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:203:15)
at ClientRequest.origin.emit.args (/home/dipper/Development/my-electron-app/node_modules/#szmarczak/http-timer/source/index.js:37:11)
at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (_http_client.js:401:9)
at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:198:13)
at emitErrorNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:91:8)
at emitErrorAndCloseNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:59:3)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19)
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/dipper/Development/my-electron-app/package.json'
npm WARN my-electron-app No description
npm WARN my-electron-app No repository field.
npm WARN my-electron-app No README data
npm WARN my-electron-app No license field.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! electron#10.1.5 postinstall: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the electron#10.1.5 postinstall script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/dipper/.npm/_logs/2020-11-10T17_15_33_463Z-debug.log

Answer 1

Try this command:
npx cross-env ELECTRON_GET_USE_PROXY=true GLOBAL_AGENT_HTTPS_PROXY=<your proxy URL> npm install electron
Check this thread for more information and the original source.

Answer 2

I solved the problem by changing the connected wifi network. I shared the mobile data with my computer and "npm i electron" worked.