我搜索了很长时间，但还没有找到正确答案。
我不是唯一一个在安装Socket.IO＆gt; 0.7.7时遇到问题的人，但其他解决方案对我不起作用。
一个可能的问题可能是旧版本的GNU tar（版本是1.19）但我不知道如何升级它或者它是否可能。
目前我无法更新到更新版本的Ubuntu。
如果没有办法更新tar或类似的东西：我可以在没有npm的情况下安装Socket.IO吗？
这是“npm install socket.io”的输出：
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io-client/0.8.7
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/policyfile/0.0.4
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/redis/0.6.7
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/policyfile/0.0.4
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io-client/0.8.7
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/redis/0.6.7
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/uglify-js/1.0.6
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/websocket-client/1.0.0
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/xmlhttprequest/1.2.2
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/uglify-js/1.0.6
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/xmlhttprequest/1.2.2
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/websocket-client/1.0.0
npm ERR! error installing websocket-client@1.0.0
npm ERR! error installing socket.io-client@0.8.7
npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory '/home/admin/node_modules/socket.io/node_modules/socket.io-client/node_modules/___xmlhttprequest.npm/package/package.json'
npm ERR! You may report this log at:
npm ERR! <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! <npm-@googlegroups.com>
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.32.2-xxxx-grs-ipv6-32
npm ERR! command "node" "/home/admin/local/bin/npm" "install" "socket.io"
npm ERR! cwd /home/admin
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.10
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.1
npm ERR! path /home/admin/node_modules/socket.io/node_modules/socket.io-client/node_modules/___xmlhttprequest.npm/package/package.json
npm ERR! fstream_path /home/admin/node_modules/socket.io/node_modules/socket.io-client/node_modules/___xmlhttprequest.npm/package/package.json
npm ERR! fstream_type File
npm ERR! fstream_class FileWriter
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! message ENOENT, no such file or directory '/home/admin/node_modules/socket.io/node_modules/socket.io-client/node_modules/___xmlhttprequest.npm/package/package.json'
npm ERR! errno {}
npm ERR! fstream_stack Object.oncomplete (/home/admin/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/writer.js:204:26)
npm ERR! error rolling back socket.io-client@0.8.7 Error: UNKNOWN, unknown error '/home/admin/node_modules/socket.io/node_modules/socket.io-client/node_modules/___uglify-js.npm/package'
npm ERR! error installing socket.io@0.8.7
npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory '/home/admin/node_modules/socket.io/node_modules/socket.io-client/node_modules/websocket-client/package.json'
npm ERR! You may report this log at:
npm ERR! <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! <npm-@googlegroups.com>
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.32.2-xxxx-grs-ipv6-32
npm ERR! command "node" "/home/admin/local/bin/npm" "install" "socket.io"
npm ERR! cwd /home/admin
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.10
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.1
npm ERR! path /home/admin/node_modules/socket.io/node_modules/socket.io-client/node_modules/websocket-client/package.json
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! message ENOENT, no such file or directory '/home/admin/node_modules/socket.io/node_modules/socket.io-client/node_modules/websocket-client/package.json'
npm ERR! errno {}
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/admin/npm-debug.log
npm not ok