npm install showing some error EACCESS

Question

    i recently reinstalled ubuntu os and installed npm and nodejs, but when i run npm install i am issues with EACCESS which i am unable to understand, anyhelp ?
i was googling it about this issue but still could not fix it from hours, even i was going through many posts in stackoverflow but none solved my issue, can anyone please let me y is it happening ?

     npm install

    > angular-seed@0.0.0 postinstall /home/sri/oxkey
    > bower install

    /home/sri/oxkey/node_modules/bower/node_modules/configstore/index.js:56
                    throw err;
                    ^

    Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/sri/.config/configstore/bower-github.yml'
    You don't have access to this file.

        at Error (native)
        at Object.fs.openSync (evalmachine.<anonymous>:549:18)
        at Object.fs.readFileSync (evalmachine.<anonymous>:397:15)
        at Object.create.all.get (/home/sri/oxkey/node_modules/bower/node_modules/configstore/index.js:34:29)
        at Object.Configstore (/home/sri/oxkey/node_modules/bower/node_modules/configstore/index.js:27:44)
        at readCachedConfig (/home/sri/oxkey/node_modules/bower/lib/config.js:19:23)
        at defaultConfig (/home/sri/oxkey/node_modules/bower/lib/config.js:11:12)
        at Object.<anonymous> (/home/sri/oxkey/node_modules/bower/lib/index.js:16:32)
        at Module._compile (module.js:435:26)
        at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:442:10)

    npm ERR! Linux 4.2.0-22-generic
    npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install"
    npm ERR! node v4.2.4
    npm ERR! npm  v2.14.12
    npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
    npm ERR! angular-seed@0.0.0 postinstall: `bower install`
    npm ERR! Exit status 1
    npm ERR! 
    npm ERR! Failed at the angular-seed@0.0.0 postinstall script 'bower install'.
    npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the angular-seed package,
    npm ERR! not with npm itself.
    npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
    npm ERR!     bower install
    npm ERR! You can get their info via:
    npm ERR!     npm owner ls angular-seed
    npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

    npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
    npm ERR!     /home/sri/oxkey/npm-debug.log

heres my package.json file may be there might be some silly mistakes, but really i am not able to get out of this.may i know why we will be getting this kind of errors actually ? Any help would be appreciated

{
  "name": "angular-seed",
  "private": true,
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "description": "A starter project for AngularJS",
  "repository": "https://github.com/angular/angular-seed",
  "license": "MIT",
  "devDependencies": {
    "bower": "^1.3.1",
    "grunt": "^0.4.5",
    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "^0.11.2",
    "grunt-contrib-watch": "^0.6.1",
    "http-server": "^0.6.1",
    "jasmine-core": "^2.3.4",
    "karma": "~0.12",
    "karma-chrome-launcher": "^0.1.12",
    "karma-firefox-launcher": "^0.1.6",
    "karma-jasmine": "^0.3.5",
    "karma-junit-reporter": "^0.2.2",
    "protractor": "^2.1.0",
    "shelljs": "^0.2.6"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "postinstall": "bower install",
    "prestart": "npm install",

    "start": "lr-http-server",
    "pretest": "npm install",
    "test": "karma start karma.conf.js",
    "test-single-run": "karma start karma.conf.js  --single-run",
    "preupdate-webdriver": "npm install",
    "update-webdriver": "webdriver-manager update",
    "preprotractor": "npm run update-webdriver",
    "protractor": "protractor e2e-tests/protractor.conf.js",
    "update-index-async": "node -e \"require('shelljs/global'); sed('-i', /\\/\\/@@NG_LOADER_START@@[\\s\\S]*\\/\\/@@NG_LOADER_END@@/, '//@@NG_LOADER_START@@\\n' + sed(/sourceMappingURL=angular-loader.min.js.map/,'sourceMappingURL=bower_components/angular-loader/angular-loader.min.js.map','app/bower_components/angular-loader/angular-loader.min.js') + '\\n//@@NG_LOADER_END@@', 'app/index-async.html');\""
  }
}

It seems like you really have to change the permissions to those files. — AndreaM16, Jan 03 '16 at 18:30
You have to use `chmod -R `. Tale a look at [this Question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3740152/how-to-set-chmod-for-a-folder-and-all-of-its-subfolders-and-files-in-linux-ubunt) and Its answers. — AndreaM16, Jan 03 '16 at 18:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 03 '16 at 18:51

0

Clean your npm cache:

npm cache clean

and run following command to grant access to specified directory

sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.config

After that you need to install it again from scratch and everything will work.

answered Jan 03 '16 at 18:51

oleh.meleshko

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 16 '19 at 12:12

If just sudo-ing still fails with EACCESS, try:

sudo npm c get user

By doing this, I found out that when sudo-ed, the npm was using my orignal user ID (!) Using temporary configuration override user = 0 might be the easiest fix in this case. Beware not to use it for local installations, though!

This behavior of npm occurred to me after some system update (using Mac OS 10.13.6), but I'm unable to figure out, when exactly it happened.

score -3 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 03 '16 at 18:11

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You have to be root. Try:

sudo npm install

and then type your root password

answered Jan 03 '16 at 18:11

Tomislav

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i tried it earlier only, but even then its not working – srikaran Maheshwaram Jan 03 '16 at 18:14
Can you give us your package.json in opening post? – Tomislav Jan 03 '16 at 18:17
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This way it expose security risks – Lovjith Nov 10 '19 at 17:44

npm install showing some error EACCESS

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