Cordova: Cannot add android platform, getting EACCES Error

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I've installed Cordova using sudo npm install cordova and set up the paths (I believe) correctly. When I run cordova platform add android I am receiving the following error:

Error: EACCES, open '/home/millerbr/.cordova/lib/npm_cache/cordova-android/3.6.4/package/.npmignore'

I've been looking at other similar problems, and a few solved theirs using "chown" on the folders relevant to their problem - is there something similar I can do for this?

Have a look at this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16151018/npm-throws-error-without-sudo/24404451#24404451 — Joerg, Jan 19 '15 at 14:49
Had a look at that topic, one of the other replies led me to using `chown` to fix the issue, thanks! — millerbr, Jan 19 '15 at 14:56

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 19 '15 at 14:53

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As it turned out, it was indeed a permissions issue. Running sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm seems to be allowing me to progress

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