npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n'

Question

❯ npm install -g n

npm ERR! code EACCES

npm ERR! syscall mkdir

npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n

npm ERR! errno -13

npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir

'/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n'

npm ERR! [Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir

'/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n'] {

npm ERR! errno: -13,

npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',

npm ERR! syscall: 'mkdir',

npm ERR! path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n'

npm ERR! }

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.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

npm ERR! /Users/peywan/.npm/_logs/2022-03-17T00_34_38_978Z-

debug-0.log    ~   243 ✘  at 01:34:39 

well this is saying that you dont have permission to write to /usr/local/lib/node_modules - its pretty clear — pm100, Mar 17 '22 at 00:43
im the admin of this computer, and there's only 1 admin on this computer — imnotpey1, Mar 17 '22 at 00:44
Try `sudo npm install -g n` for a simple fix, but you should refer to npm's docs for a better fix — GodderE2D, Mar 17 '22 at 00:44
but how can I solve this so I don't have to use the "sudo" all the time... because most of the things doesn't work without sudo — imnotpey1, Mar 17 '22 at 01:57

score -2 · Answer 1 · answered May 23 '22 at 07:27

-2

I solved the issue by running the command with sudo

sudo npm install -g "module_name"

answered May 23 '22 at 07:27

Kuno Schatzer

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