Error: read ECONNRESET when starting ndb on ubuntu

[Ravi-Rajpurohit]

Steps to reproduce

Tell us about your environment:

• ndb version: 1.1.5
• Platform / OS version: ubuntu/18.04
• Node.js version: 12.16.3

What steps will reproduce the problem?

ndb filename.js
OR
ndb npm run script

Please include code that reproduces the issue.

1. ndb filename.js
2. ndb npm run script

What is the expected result?

ndb should start the debugger

What happens instead?

ndb throws an error:

events.js:287
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
^

Error: read ECONNRESET
at Pipe.onStreamRead (internal/stream_base_commons.js:205:27)
Emitted 'error' event on Socket instance at:
at emitErrorNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:92:8)
at emitErrorAndCloseNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:60:3)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21) {
errno: 'ECONNRESET',
code: 'ECONNRESET',
syscall: 'read'
}

[hcgaron]

Same exact error for me. Same system exactly. No luck so far in resolving.

[Ravi-Rajpurohit]

It works with yarn BTW..

[nicomt]

Is because Chrome cannot be run as root by default.
A workaround is to install ndb in a directory that doesn't require elevated permissions.
For example npm install -g --prefix=$HOME/.npm ndb
and then add the npm bin folder to the path export PATH="$HOME/.npm/bin:$PATH".

[ksully1993]

@nicomt Thank you, this solution is perfect

[att14]

That did seem to work for me, however, I needed to uninstall my existing ndb and brew uninstall chromium.

[AmritPant]

Is because Chrome cannot be run as root by default. A workaround is to install ndb in a directory that doesn't require elevated permissions. For example npm install -g --prefix=$HOME/.npm ndb and then add the npm bin folder to the path export PATH="$HOME/.npm/bin:$PATH".

Thanks so much working for me!