Npm error “Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '../node-sass/build'”

Question

Can\'t install the node-sass package via npm sudo npm i, i have been trying to resolve via sudo npm i -g node-sass --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root but

Answer 1

Do nothing .. simply add --unsafe-perm to it

Give it unsafe permission access.

So, let's say.. if you were previously installing bcrypt library

sudo npm install --save bcrypt

then now write

sudo npm install --unsafe-perm --save bcrypt

And you are done.

Answer 2

As a general recommendation, never run npm install with sudo as it will create local files owned by root instead of your user , i think you shoud try the following :

• First change the owner of the folder : chown -R yourusername:yourusername /home/michael/Desktop/react/ , or if you don't want to type your username : chown -R $USER:$USER /home/michael/Desktop/react/
• then run : npm install node-sass ,do not use sudo

Answer 3

I solved this issue by running

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-sass

Answer 4

I followed the instructions as per @WaLid LamRaoui's answer as I also use to run npm install with sudo. It seemed to have done the trick in terms of changing the owner of the folder, but I still got an error when trying to run npm install. I then realized another problem which has to do with my cache folder which contains root-owned files, so for those whose also have this problem after following the approved answer, I simply did this:

sudo chown -R 1003:1003 "/home/<username>/.npm"

After this I ran npm install and it worked fine.