scripts/test.sh: line 103: third_party/node-0.10.1/bin/npm: Permission denied about oppia HOT 7 CLOSED

Very puzzling. I've touched start.sh recently and that might have changed 
something. Does running test.sh directly causes the same problem (just so we 
can tell what broke it).

We should be using the version of node and npm that's installed in third_party. 
Node is 0.10.1 and my installation says npm is 1.2.15. Your output says you are 
using node 0.6.12 and npm 1.1.4, so that explains why its failing, but I can't 
tell why it's not using the node / npm from third_party.

A quick thing you can try is wipe out third_party directory and retry. Also 
third_party/node-0.10.1/bin/npm is a soft link, so you might want to check the 
permission of the link target too.

tried but no result, I removed the third_party directory, again run the 
start.sh command, and also changed the permission using chmod +x 
third_party/node-0.10.1/bin/npm but nothing worked, while using chmod +x 
third_party/node-0.10.1/bin/npm there was no output. 
P.S I am newbie, anything else I need to try

Thanks for trying and reporting back.

One more quick thing you can try. Looks like you are finding your local 
installation of node (and possibly npm) instead of the ones in third_party. 
This might help to force it to use the one in third_party:

PATH=`pwd`/third_party/node-0.10.1/bin:$PATH; sh scripts/test.sh

Another way to try this -- you can edit scripts/start.sh and comment out this 
line:

sh scripts/test.sh

by inserting "#" to the beginning of the line as 

#sh scripts/test.sh

and run it as

sh scripts/start.sh

OP: Did any of these fixes work for you? I noticed from the OpenHatch IRC logs 
that you got this issue resolved. We would be interested to know the 
resolution, so that we can try and ensure that this does not happen for other 
users.

All I did, I re-installed the same in my home directory of ubuntu. That's it 

Thanks; marking as resolved.

One question of clarification: by 'the same', do you mean that you reinstalled 
the updated version of node in your home directory (so you are still using your 
local installation of node instead of the one in third_party, but the local 
installation is in a different place)?

I actually cloned the oppia into my home directory, then run the start 
scripts.sh command and voila! All hail good lord :D it worked. That's all