Electron JS install error - Error: EACCES: permission denied

Question

getting error while installing ElectronJS,

Error:

Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir \'/usr/lib/node_modules/electron/.electron\'

Answer 1

change npm global module default folder , follow this guide

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

I had a similar problem with npm on my mac and windows system and i fixed them by changing the npm default directory to another directory by following option 2 in the tutorial

Answer 2

I ran into a similar problem. I fixed it by changing folder permissions.

Check the current folder permissions of the /usr/lib/node_modules directory by running the following command:

ls -l /usr/lib | grep "node_modules

Your output will probably be:

drwxr-xr-x 3 root root {timestamp} node_modules

Change the owner of the directory to the current user by running the following command:

sudo chown -R current_username:current_username /usr/bin/node_modules

Note - Do not run sudo with any npm command! More information here.

Hope this Helps :)

Answer 3

Solved my issue by appending --unsafe-perm=true

command:

sudo npm install -g electron --unsafe-perm=true

unsafe-perm

Default: false if running as root, true otherwise

Type: Boolean Set to true to suppress the UID/GID switching when running package scripts. If set explicitly to false, then installing as a non-root user will fail.

Answer 4

You can try with the following command

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

i hope it will be work