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Smokey Dawson
Smokey Dawson

Reputation: 9240

Cant fix npm permissions mac mojave

I have spent the last few hours trying every tutorial out there on how to fix npm permissions on a mac.

NOTHING has worked thus far.

Steps I have taken

I have uninstalled node multiple times, tried running brew install node --without-npm then installing npm seperately.

I have tried to create my own npm-package file in my root directory and change the npm source and still that doesnt work.

I have tried what is detailed here https://github.com/sindresorhus/guides/blob/master/npm-global-without-sudo.md

I have tried what is shown in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxvybxYFq2o&t=154s

I have also tried a few other techniques all similar to above but nothing has worked.

Im on a 2015 macbook running a fresh install 0SX Mojave.

Any time I try to install a package it errors, and even if I use sudo, npm cant find the commands I'm entering for example if I

sudo npm install @angular/cli then try and use ng I get the command not found: ng

Any help would be appreciated. This question will be updated with methods used as they are suggested. Let me know If you need any more information.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 772

Answers (1)

sapiya67
sapiya67

Reputation: 31

I understand your frustration :(

These steps worked for me (from https://github.com/creationix/nvm/blob/master/README.md):

  1. check if you have ~/.bash_profile file (home directory). I didn't. So I had to create it myself with:

    touch ~/.bash_profile

  2. Get NVM by running:

    curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.11/install.sh | bash

  3. them run

    export NVM_DIR="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME/:-$HOME/.}nvm" [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm

  4. verify nvm installation by running (you might need to restart terminal window before)

    nvm --version

  5. Install node via nvm - run:

    nvm install node

(if you get version warning/error just follow the instructions(I had to run npm config delete prefix and then again nvm install node))

  1. Install CLI:

    npm install -g @angular/cli

  2. verify installation:

    ng -v

Hope it helps!

Upvotes: 1

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