Termux - npm ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted

Question

I get these errors when running npm install on Termux (Android). Any solution?

$ npm install
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.8 (node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.8: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"android","arch":"arm64"})

npm ERR! path ../@babel/parser/bin/babel-parser.js
npm ERR! code EPERM
npm ERR! errno -1
npm ERR! syscall symlink
npm ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink '../@babel/parser/bin/babel-parser.js' -> '/storage/emulated/0/web/tbcians/node_modules/.bin/parser'
npm ERR!  { [OperationalError: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink '../@babel/parser/bin/babel-parser.js' -> '/storage/emulated/0/web/tbcians/node_modules/.bin/parser']
npm ERR!   cause:
npm ERR!    { [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink '../@babel/parser/bin/babel-parser.js' -> '/storage/emulated/0/web/tbcians/node_modules/.bin/parser']
npm ERR!      errno: -1,
npm ERR!      code: 'EPERM',
npm ERR!      syscall: 'symlink',
npm ERR!      path: '../@babel/parser/bin/babel-parser.js',
npm ERR!      dest: '/storage/emulated/0/web/tbcians/node_modules/.bin/parser' },
npm ERR!   stack:
npm ERR!    "Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink '../@babel/parser/bin/babel-parser.js' -> '/storage/emulated/0/web/tbcians/node_modules/.bin/parser'",
npm ERR!   errno: -1,
npm ERR!   code: 'EPERM',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'symlink',
npm ERR!   path: '../@babel/parser/bin/babel-parser.js',
npm ERR!   dest: '/storage/emulated/0/web/tbcians/node_modules/.bin/parser' }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! The operation was rejected by your operating system.
npm ERR! It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator (though this is not recommended).

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.npm/_logs/2019-04-21T09_30_40_780Z-debug.log
$

You can check this link https://github.com/st42/termux-sudo, to add termux sudo privileges — vitomadio, Apr 21 '19 at 10:32

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 15 '20 at 19:43

Android does not allow symlinks to exist in the Internal Shared storage, simply moving the directory web from your Internal Storage to the Termux home directory which lies in the data partition, will solve your error. In order to do this, simply use the command mv -r /sdcard/web ~. Note that this will move your directory named web to /data/data/com.termux/files/home/web.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 26 '22 at 15:52

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or you can just move your entire project to termux home directory

answered Jun 26 '22 at 15:52

okunade yusuf

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 03 '22 at 16:57

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Here's a simple way to fix this:

Go to settings
Go to app management
App settings
Select Termux
Go to permission
Than click allow file and Media

DONE

answered Nov 03 '22 at 16:57

who am I

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Termux - npm ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted

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