Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib' npm ERR! { [Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib'] code example
Example 1: npm EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib'
sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm
mkdir ~/.npm-global
npm config set prefix '~/.npm-global'
export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH
source ~/.profile
Example 2: Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
sudo npm install -g nodemon
//easiest fix