The installation of the Gemini CLI is no longer possible.

[VirtualArcher]

What happened?

Hello,

It is currently not possible to install the Gemini CLI i.e. with the command npm install -g @google/gemini-cli

All installation attempts result in the following error:

npm error code 1 npm error path /home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v22.19.0/lib/node_modules/@google/gemini-cli/node_modules/@lvce-editor/ripgrep npm error command failed npm error command sh -c node ./src/postinstall.js npm error { VERSION: 'v13.0.0-10' } npm error node:internal/process/promises:394 npm error triggerUncaughtException(err, true /* fromPromise */); npm error ^ npm error npm error VError: Failed to download "https://github.com/microsoft/ripgrep-prebuilt/releases/download/v13.0.0-10/ripgrep-v13.0.0-10-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz": RequestError: connect ETIMEDOUT 140.82.121.4:443 npm error at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (file:///home/user/.nvm/versions/node/v22.19.0/lib/node_modules/@google/gemini-cli/node_modules/got/dist/source/core/index.js:673:107) npm error at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:634:26) npm error at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:531:35) npm error at emitErrorEvent (node:_http_client:105:11) npm error at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (node:_http_client:518:5) npm error at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:519:28) npm error at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:170:8) npm error at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:129:3) npm error at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:90:21) npm error at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (node:net:1637:16) { npm error code: 'ETIMEDOUT' npm error } npm error

I have verified that the file (https://github.com/microsoft/ripgrep-prebuilt/releases/download/v13.0.0-10/ripgrep-v13.0.0-10-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz) is downloadable manually (e.g. with curl), but the installation script fails to fetch it.

This issue is a blocker for users.
Please prioritize a fix for this as soon as possible.

Thank you.

What did you expect to happen?

The installation should work as it used to.

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[gemini-cli]

Found possible duplicate issues:

• Latest nightly missing dependency lvce-editor/ripgrep #6903

If you believe this is not a duplicate, please remove the status/possible-duplicate label.

[VirtualArcher]

Found possible duplicate issues:

• Latest nightly missing dependency lvce-editor/ripgrep #6903

If you believe this is not a duplicate, please remove the status/possible-duplicate label.

@gemini-cli it is related to this issue.

[gemini-cli]

This issue describes a critical failure preventing the installation of the Gemini CLI, which is a blocker for all new users. The user is experiencing a timeout error when a dependency is being downloaded during the installation process. Due to the high impact of this issue, I am flagging it for manual triage to assess if it should be a P0.

[thorstenhirsch]

I also experience the failure. The timeout occurs in the postprocessing script of @lvce-editor/ripgrep, where a Linux binary is being downloaded: https://github.com/microsoft/ripgrep-prebuilt/releases/download/v13.0.0-10/ripgrep-v13.0.0-10-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz - this download does not work in my corporate environment despite the proxy being set in the environment variables and in ~/.npmrc.

[tarrade]

Exact same issue in my corporate environment. Exact same observation that npm when installing this dependency in Github doesn't respect .npmrc proxy settings. More info here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79756941/npm-install-lvce-editor-ripgrep-install-dependecy-on-from-github-that-doesnt-r

[tarrade]

The last version that I can install:

npm install @google/gemini-cli@0.2.2

it is failing with all new version including the 0.4 nightly

[silviojr]

I can't reproduce that. What OS are you using?

@VirtualArcher can you run npm install -g @google/gemini-cli instead of npm install -g @google/gemini-cli gemini and report if you still have the same error?