First and foremost I have looked into these previous post for answers: EACCES: permission denied, unlink
Error: EACCES: permission denied, unlink '/usr/local/bin/npx'
Error while building or running ngx-bootstrap tests
I do not see the answers I seek in any of these posts, or maybe I am not knowledgable enough to decipher how to use those answers to fix my issue. I am still learning so please, if you are answering my post make sure you explain, so that I may fully grasp what is being done and why. I would appreciate it very much.
In VS Code I was trying to work on a project but needed to update the npm version. See example:
After researching the f***(pardon my language) out of this, I did the following:
after reading this article: https://flaviocopes.com/npm-fix-missing-write-access-error/ I did what he suggested and then tried to do the npm update.
I then did the following, to find who owns the directory
After this I am pretty much at lost of what to do next, why do I have three 'drwxr-xr-x'? what does that exactly mean, that I have three npm packages? can I combine them all into one? or would it be better to delete all and start from scratch, but would I run into the same issue?
I also read this:
To minimize the chance of permissions errors, you can configure npm to use a different directory. In this example, you will create and use a hidden directory in your home directory.
Back up your computer. On the command line, in your home directory, create a directory for global installations: mkdir ~/.npm-global Configure npm to use the new directory path: npm config set prefix '~/.npm-global' In your preferred text editor, open or create a ~/.profile file and add this line: export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH On the command line, update your system variables: source ~/.profile To test your new configuration, install a package globally without using sudo
but will that work if I have to [unlink '/usr/local/bin/npm'], according to the terminal. In all honestly, I prefer not reconfigure as I would need to back up everything, does anyone have a solution or suggestion as to what to do?
Thank you all in advance. And again I would like to reiterate that I am still learning, so please be kind and elaborate on your answer.
