@lpm-registry/cli 0.74.0-nightly.20260808.135.e24e29a → 0.74.1

package/README.md

@@ -46,5 +46,9 @@ can validate the native binary during installation:
 npm install -g @lpm-registry/cli --allow-scripts=@lpm-registry/cli
 ```
 
+Do not run this install with `sudo`. Configure a user-writable npm global
+prefix, or use the Homebrew or standalone installer. Run all LPM CLI user
+commands without `sudo`.
+
 Other install methods are documented at
 [github.com/lpm-dev/rust-client](https://github.com/lpm-dev/rust-client).

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lpm-registry/cli",
-  "version": "0.74.0-nightly.20260808.135.e24e29a",
+  "version": "0.74.1",
   "description": "LPM CLI native binary installer for npm",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
     "README.md"
   ],
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "@lpm-registry/cli-darwin-arm64": "0.74.0-nightly.20260808.135.e24e29a",
-    "@lpm-registry/cli-darwin-x64": "0.74.0-nightly.20260808.135.e24e29a",
-    "@lpm-registry/cli-linux-arm64": "0.74.0-nightly.20260808.135.e24e29a",
-    "@lpm-registry/cli-linux-x64": "0.74.0-nightly.20260808.135.e24e29a",
-    "@lpm-registry/cli-linux-x64-musl": "0.74.0-nightly.20260808.135.e24e29a",
-    "@lpm-registry/cli-win32-x64": "0.74.0-nightly.20260808.135.e24e29a"
+    "@lpm-registry/cli-darwin-arm64": "0.74.1",
+    "@lpm-registry/cli-darwin-x64": "0.74.1",
+    "@lpm-registry/cli-linux-arm64": "0.74.1",
+    "@lpm-registry/cli-linux-x64": "0.74.1",
+    "@lpm-registry/cli-linux-x64-musl": "0.74.1",
+    "@lpm-registry/cli-win32-x64": "0.74.1"
   },
   "type": "module",
   "engines": {

package/scripts/install-binary.js

@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ const defaultWrapperRoot = path.resolve(scriptDir, "..");
 const defaultValidateTimeoutMs = 30_000;
 const commands = ["lpm", "lpx"];
 
+export class SudoInstallError extends Error {
+  constructor() {
+    super(
+      "LPM CLI does not support npm installation through sudo. Run the npm install command without sudo.",
+    );
+    this.name = "SudoInstallError";
+  }
+}
+
 export function installNativeBinaries(options = {}) {
   const wrapperRoot = options.wrapperRoot ?? defaultWrapperRoot;
   const platform = options.platform ?? process.platform;
@@ -30,6 +39,13 @@ export function installNativeBinaries(options = {}) {
   const logFn = options.logFn ?? console.log;
   const validateTimeoutMs =
     options.validateTimeoutMs ?? defaultValidateTimeoutMs;
+  const geteuid =
+    options.geteuid ??
+    (typeof process.geteuid === "function" ? () => process.geteuid() : undefined);
+
+  if (isSudoTransition({ geteuid, env })) {
+    throw new SudoInstallError();
+  }
 
   const key = platformKey(platform, arch, libc);
   const spec = PLATFORMS[key];
@@ -89,6 +105,19 @@ export function installNativeBinaries(options = {}) {
   return { status: "installed", platform: key, package: spec.pkg, optimized };
 }
 
+export function isSudoTransition({ geteuid, env = process.env } = {}) {
+  if (typeof geteuid !== "function" || geteuid() !== 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const sudoUser = env.SUDO_USER;
+  return (
+    typeof sudoUser === "string" &&
+    sudoUser.trim() !== "" &&
+    sudoUser.trim() !== "root"
+  );
+}
+
 export function validateNativeBinary(
   binaryPath,
   {
@@ -220,6 +249,11 @@ function unlinkIfExists(filePath, fsModule) {
 }
 
 function printInstallError(error) {
+  if (error instanceof SudoInstallError) {
+    console.error(`[lpm] ${error.message}`);
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (error instanceof LpmWrapperError) {
     console.error(`[lpm] ${error.message}`);
     for (const hint of error.hints) {