jsreport phamtom-pdf will failed if added in package.json - pdf

Question

If I run the npm install even with root permission, the following package.json from jsreport will fail with mkdir permission error from phamtom-pdf related packages
{
"name": "jsreport-server",
"main": "server.js",
"scripts": {
"start": "node server",
"jsreport": "jsreport"
},
"jsreport": {
"entryPoint": "server.js"
},
"dependencies": {
"jsreport": "2.3.0",
"jsreport-phantom-pdf": "^2.1.4"
}
}
Remove the jsreport-phantom-pdf dependency and install it manually later is fine but it seemed weird and defeat the purpose of package.json.
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npm WARN deprecated npmconf#2.1.1: this package has been reintegrated into npm and is now out of date with respect to npm
npm WARN deprecated npmconf#2.0.9: this package has been reintegrated into npm and is now out of date with respect to npm
npm WARN deprecated graceful-fs#3.0.11: please upgrade to graceful-fs 4 for compatibility with current and future versions of Node.js
npm WARN deprecated node-uuid#1.4.8: Use uuid module instead
npm WARN deprecated hoek#0.9.1: The major version is no longer supported. Please update to 4.x or newer
> phantomjs#1.9.15 install /home/chnn/jsreport_git/node_modules/phantom-workers/node_modules/phantomjs
> node install.js
invalid config loglevel="notice"
/home/chnn/jsreport_git/node_modules/phantom-workers/node_modules/phantomjs/phantomjs is not writable: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/chnn/jsreport_git/node_modules/phantom-workers/node_modules/phantomjs/phantomjs'
Download already available at /tmp/phantomjs/phantomjs-1.9.8-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
Extracting tar contents (via spawned process)
Removing /home/chnn/jsreport_git/node_modules/phantom-workers/node_modules/phantomjs/lib/phantom
Copying extracted folder /tmp/phantomjs/phantomjs-1.9.8-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2-extract-1547027030055/phantomjs-1.9.8-linux-x86_64 -> /home/chnn/jsreport_git/node_modules/phantom-workers/node_modules/phantomjs/lib/phantom
Writing location.js file
Done. Phantomjs binary available at /home/chnn/jsreport_git/node_modules/phantom-workers/node_modules/phantomjs/lib/phantom/bin/phantomjs
> puppeteer#1.11.0 install /home/chnn/jsreport_git/node_modules/puppeteer
> node install.js
ERROR: Failed to download Chromium r609904! Set "PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD" env variable to skip download.
{ Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/chnn/jsreport_git/node_modules/puppeteer/.local-chromium'
errno: -13,
code: 'EACCES',
syscall: 'mkdir',
path: '/home/chnn/jsreport_git/node_modules/puppeteer/.local-chromium' }
npm WARN jsreport-server# No description
npm WARN jsreport-server# No repository field.
npm WARN jsreport-server# No license field.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents#1.2.4 (node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents#1.2.4: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! puppeteer#1.11.0 install: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the puppeteer#1.11.0 install 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/chnn/.npm/_logs/2019-01-09T09_43_52_509Z-debug.log

Answer 1

This is a known bug with the installer of puppeteer, see issue#367 and issue #375
You can try the workaround as mentioned by BennySLO
sudo npm install puppeteer --unsafe-perm=true
sudo chown -R <username> node_modules/