Error: EACCES: permission denied

Question

I run npm install lodash but it throws Error: EACCES: permission denied error. I know it is permission issue but as far as I know, sudo permission

Answer 1

Try using this: On the command line, in your home directory, create a directory for global installations:

mkdir ~/.npm-global

Configure npm to use the new directory path:

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

In your preferred text editor, open or create a ~/.profile file and add this line:

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

On the command line, update your system variables:

source ~/.profile

Test installing package globally without using sudo, Hope it helps

Answer 2

node recommends executing following:

 sudo chown -R $USER:$(id -gn $USER) /home/venkatesh/.config

If you execute

npm config

You will see something like this

│                   npm update check failed                   │
│             Try running with sudo or get access             │
│            to the local update config store via             │
│ sudo chown -R $USER:$(id -gn $USER) /home/venkatesh/.config │

It worked for me.

Answer 3

From what i can see in your logs you posted:

npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'mkdir',
npm ERR!   path: '/home/rupesh/node_modules/lodash',
npm ERR!   fstream_type: 'Directory',
npm ERR!   fstream_path: '/home/rupesh/node_modules/lodash',
npm ERR!   fstream_class: 'DirWriter',

directory /home/rupesh/node_modules/ doesn't have necessary permissions to create directory so run chown -r rupesh:rupesh /home/rupesh/node_modules/ this should solve it.

Answer 4

Just change the owner of the global node_modules directory to be your user:

sudo chown -R $USER:$GROUP /usr/local/lib/node_modules

Answer 5

This command fix the issue. It worked for me:

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root

Answer 6

It doesn't have write permissions for others (r-x). Try with

chmod a+w <folder>

and repeat.