Error: EACCES, permission denied even after using sudo?
As of 2020, here is the recommended solution by npm. It worked for me (OSX). (No need to change any path configuration or .bashrc)
Steps:
- Install nvm by running below command.
If you are using bash
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.2/install.sh | bash
If you are using zsh
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.2/install.sh | zsh
- Install node using nvm (No need to uninstall existing node/npm)
nvm install 12.13.1
You have two options: Either fix your npm
setup, so you can use npm -g
, or install autosave
locally.
To install locally (i.e. in node_modules
within your current directory), run npm install autosave
(without -g
). Then you can run ./node_modules/.bin/autosave
or ./node_modules/autosave/bin/autosave
to start autosave
.
To fix your npm
setup, so you can use -g
without root permissions (recommended):
In your home dir (assuming /Users/Brent/
), create a file called .npmrc
with the following content:
cache = /Users/Brent/.npm/cache
globalconfig = /Users/Brent/.npm/npmrc
globalignorefile = /Users/Brent/.npm/npmignore
prefix = /Users/Brent/.npm
And add ~/.npm/lib/node_modules
to your NODE_PATH
, e.g. by putting the following in .bashrc
(assuming that your shell is bash) to allow the modules to be found, and append ~/.npm/binto
PATHso you can run any installed binary (i.e. run
autosave` from anywhere):
export NODE_PATH=$HOME/.npm/lib/node_modules
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.npm/bin
(changes to .bashrc
only take effect when you load the shell, or use . ~/.bashrc
; if you want to use the new setup without reloading the shell, just run that line (export ...
) in your current shell).