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George Edwards
George Edwards

Reputation: 9229

Managing file permissions with npm OSX

I am trying to install this MEAN application generator on my mac - OSX El Capitan v10.11.4. However, I get the following output:

Checking permissions...

Cloning branch master into destination folder: eval

git clone --depth 1 -b master https://github.com/datatypevoid/vulgar.git "eval"

/usr/local/bin/npm There are 2 files in your ~/.npm owned by root Please change the permissions by running - chown -R whoami ~/.npm

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/vulgar-cli/lib/install.js:84 throw err;

The command won't run if I use sudo. I get an error saying the command can't be run as the root user.

I have run chown -R georgeedwards ~/.npm, which ran without any error, but I still get the same result.

What should I do to avoid this issue?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2788

Answers (2)

sergioriverafl
sergioriverafl

Reputation: 303

If the problem persists, on mac the following worked for me:

Run these steps:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/40717226/11302398

and then:

npm config get prefix

/Users/user_name/.npm-global

sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm

sudo chown -R $(whoami) /Users/user_name/.npm-global

open a new console and run:

npm doctor

Upvotes: 0

Nick
Nick

Reputation: 11

I solved this problem by changing npm's default directory.

  1. Make a directory for global installations:

    mkdir ~/.npm-global

  2. Configure npm to use the new directory path:

    npm config set prefix '~/.npm-global'

  3. Open or create a ~/.profile file and add this line:

    export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH

  4. Back on the command line, update your system variables:

    source ~/.profile

I found this at

https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions.

Upvotes: 1

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