A quick (not ideal) solution:
Step 1
Run Magento 2 compilation with sudo
:
rm -rf var/di var/generation && bin/magento setup:di:compile
Step 2
Restore Magento 2 filesystem ownership:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data .
Complete solution:
rm -rf var/di var/generation && sudo bin/magento setup:di:compile && sudo chown -R www-data:www-data .