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Reputation: 52570

Installed node/npm on macOS Sierra into /usr/local/bin, not executable

Fresh install of macOS Sierra on a new MBP, /usr/local/bin requires root to access the files. But many programs, including node and npm install their executables to /usr/local/bin. I can't execute them unless I'm root. Am I supposed to change permissions on /usr/local/bin in macOS Sierra? Seems there's a reason for the stricter permissions.. Are tools like node/npm just not up to date with how things are done in the latest mac OS and I should move those files to somewhere else like /usr/bin?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2331

Answers (1)

George Otieno
George Otieno

Reputation: 546

Change npm's default directory to another directory that requires you not to run it as root

mkdir ~/my/path
npm config set prefix '~/my/path'

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

export PATH=~/my/path/bin:$PATH

Back on the command line, update your system variables:

source ~/.profile

Test: Download a package globally without using sudo.

Upvotes: 1

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