Unable to install OpenClaw on AWS EC2 Ubuntu - stuck on "Installing" (or similar)
Hi, I've been trying to get a basic installation of OpenClaw going for a while. I've initiated an AWS EC2 server of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (64-bit, 30gb, gp3, t3.micro) and tried the various common installation methods, including:
Logging:
---or--- (same commands, but through SSH instead of in the EC2 instance)
---or---
Is installing on EC2 somehow blocked? How comes something as simple as a npm install does not work? I've tried fresh instances, npm installs etc, to no luck.
curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash
and
npm i -g openclaw # after installing npm latest
Logging:
โ Node.js installed
โ Git already installed
โ Configuring npm for user-local installs...
โ npm configured for user installs
โ Installing OpenClaw 2026.2.1... #stuck here for 120+ minutes**
---or--- (same commands, but through SSH instead of in the EC2 instance)
npm warn deprecated npmlog@6.0.2: This package is no longer supported.
npm warn deprecated are-we-there-yet@3.0.1: This package is no longer supported.
npm warn deprecated gauge@4.0.4: This package is no longer supported.
npm warn deprecated tar@6.2.1: Old versions of tar are not supported, <...>
npm warn deprecated node-domexception@1.0.0: Use your platform's native DOMException instead
npm warn deprecated glob@10.5.0: Old versions of glob are not supported,<...>
npm warn deprecated glob@11.1.0: Old versions of glob are not supported, <...> #stuck here for 120+minutes
---or---
โ Node.js installed
โ Git already installed
โ Configuring npm for user-local installs...
โ npm configured for user installs
โ Installing OpenClaw 2026.2.1...
main: line 141: 17101 Killed SHARP_IGNORE_GLOBAL_LIBVIPS="$SHARP_IGNORE_GLOBAL_LIBVIPS" npm --loglevel > "$NPM_LOGLEVEL" ${NPM_SILENT_FLAG:+$NPM_SILENT_FLAG} --no-fund --no-audit install -g "$spec" 2>&1
17102 Done | tee "$log"
โ npm install failed; cleaning up and retrying...
Is installing on EC2 somehow blocked? How comes something as simple as a npm install does not work? I've tried fresh instances, npm installs etc, to no luck.
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