error An unexpected error occurred: "EACCES: permission denied

Question

I am getting an error while running npm install for a react application:

An unexpected error occurred: "EACCES: permission denied, unlink '/home/ats/react-app/myapp/node_modules/@babel/helper-module-imports/LICENSE'".

Can someone help me sort this error out?

Possible duplicate of [Error: EACCES: permission denied](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38323880/error-eacces-permission-denied) — Aranya Sen, Oct 09 '18 at 05:34
You need to provide permissions to your root folder. Which OS are you using? — Nagesh Katna, Oct 09 '18 at 05:37

score 35 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 24 '20 at 09:00

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I had the same problem and I solved it like this:

Remove node_modules folder of your project manually.
Then yarn install or npm install.

edited Feb 24 '20 at 09:00

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answered Feb 24 '20 at 08:36

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score 5 · Answer 2 · answered May 16 '22 at 22:41

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Try changing the folder permissions to have the correct ones. If you consider there is no drawback to have the folder with full permissions this command should solve your problem:

sudo chmod -R 777 folderName

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 03 '22 at 22:15

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Execute as sudo if you are using Linux.

answered Apr 03 '22 at 22:15

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On top of that, this is NOT a good thing to go unfortunately. – kissu Jul 22 '22 at 18:41

error An unexpected error occurred: "EACCES: permission denied

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