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[Bug]: Open claw installation fails on npm: ! npm install failed for openclaw@latest #23861

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OpenClaw somehow consistently and methodologically was able to ruin my 3 raspberry pi devices during the latest installation process:


curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash

  🦞 OpenClaw Installer
  Gateway online—please keep hands, feet, and appendages inside the shell at all times.

· gum skipped (non-interactive shell (auto-disabled))
✓ Detected: linux

Install plan
OS: linux
Install method: npm
Requested version: latest
· Existing OpenClaw installation detected, upgrading

[1/3] Preparing environment
✓ Node.js v22.22.0 found
· Active Node.js: v22.22.0 (/usr/bin/node)
· Active npm: 10.9.4 (/usr/bin/npm)

[2/3] Installing OpenClaw
· Removing git wrapper (switching to npm)
✓ git wrapper removed
✓ Git already installed
· Configuring npm for user-local installs
✓ npm configured for user installs
· Installing OpenClaw v2026.2.21-2
! npm install failed for openclaw@latest
  Command: env SHARP_IGNORE_GLOBAL_LIBVIPS=1 npm --loglevel error --silent --no-fund --no-audit install -g openclaw@latest
  Installer log: /tmp/tmp.6QTgrl0RBG
! npm install failed; showing last log lines
! npm install failed; retrying
! npm install failed for openclaw@latest
  Command: env SHARP_IGNORE_GLOBAL_LIBVIPS=1 npm --loglevel error --silent --no-fund --no-audit install -g openclaw@latest
  Installer log: /tmp/tmp.wGvKys30uT
! npm install failed; showing last log lines

Steps to reproduce

Just install the latest version on a RaspBerry Pi

Expected behavior

Install works.

Actual behavior

Install fails.

OpenClaw version

2026.2.21-2

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Raspberry Pi, Debian Linux 13

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