Unable to install standalone package

[ahmedu007]

System:
      OS: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
      CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz
      Memory: 2.71 GB / 16.00 GB
      Shell: 5.3 - /bin/zsh
    Binaries:
      Node: 10.13.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.12.3 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
      npm: 6.5.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
      Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman

I tried to install react-devtools globally with sudo yarn global add react-devtools and sudo npm i -g react-devtools and they both failed with similar errors. Error is:

NPM:

electron@1.8.8 postinstall: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the electron@1.8.8 postinstall script.

Yarn:

/Users/umair/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/electron/install.js:47
  throw err
  ^

Then I also tried to install the package in the local repo, but the error stayed.

Looks like the issue is with electron which got fixed in the later versions. We might need to update electron version for the package.

To Reproduce:

in any npm initialised project run: either yarn add -D react-devtools or npm i -D react-devtools and the error will show up.

[codeocelot]

Could be the same problem others have reported. Check that you're not behind a VPN. Electron needs to pull a rather large file (~45mbs) from github, not sure exactly why it fails on VPN though. You can give npm and yarn the --verbose flag to help you pinpoint if this is the issue plaguing your install.

[ahmedu007]

Looks like it was an issue with the system not having permissions on my own account for some reason. Nothing to do with the repo. Closing the issue