diegosouzapw/OmniRoute · error

Sudo password required to install Tailscale

Error message

Sudo password required to install Tailscale

What it means

Error "Sudo password required to install Tailscale" thrown in diegosouzapw/OmniRoute.

Source

Thrown at src/lib/tailscaleTunnel.ts:1003

      const child = spawn("brew", ["install", "tailscale"], {
        windowsHide: true,
        stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
        env: buildExecEnv(),
      });
      const log = createStreamLogger(onProgress);
      child.stdout.on("data", log);
      child.stderr.on("data", log);
      child.on("close", (code) => {
        if (code === 0) resolve();
        else reject(new Error(`brew install failed with code ${code}`));
      });
      child.on("error", reject);
    });
    return;
  }

  if (!password.trim()) {
    throw new Error("Sudo password required to install Tailscale");
  }

  const pkgUrl = "https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/tailscale-latest.pkg";
  const pkgPath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), "tailscale.pkg");

  await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
    const child = spawn("curl", ["-fL", "--progress-bar", pkgUrl, "-o", pkgPath], {
      windowsHide: true,
      stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
      env: buildExecEnv(),
    });
    child.stderr.on("data", createStreamLogger(onProgress));
    child.on("close", (code) => {
      if (code === 0) resolve();
      else reject(new Error("Failed to download the Tailscale package"));
    });
    child.on("error", reject);
  });

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/lib/tailscaleTunnel.ts:1003 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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