I want to install Gulp 4.0.2 on Mac but it fails due to missing write access.
$ npm i -S gulp -g
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall access
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
npm ERR! { [Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules']
npm ERR! stack:
npm ERR! 'Error: EACCES: permission denied, access \'/usr/local/lib/node_modules\'',
npm ERR! errno: -13,
npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR! syscall: 'access',
npm ERR! path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules' }
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).
Seems Gulp installation requires root privileges but it is not recommended. I don't want to install gulp as administrator :(
Is it possible to create another user w/o root privileges and install Gulp from there? If yes, how to do that?
Any advice will be appreciated, thanks!
You can install gulp local to your project directory rather than globally:
npm install gulp
You can then run the local version using npx:
npx gulp
Note: npx comes bundled with NPM version 5.2+
You could also use a script in your package.json:
"scripts": {
"gulp": "gulp"
}
npm run gulp
Official docs to avoid these permission issues...
https://docs.npmjs.com/resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globally
Be sure to try touch ~/.zshrc if you're on a newer mac.
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I have downloaded expo cli on ubuntu 20.04 in my root directory but I am unable to download it globally!
I want expo cli to be there globally since it's not recommended to open code editor through root directory.
This is what my terminal shows!
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! syscall symlink
npm ERR! path ../lib/node_modules/yarn/bin/yarn.js
npm ERR! dest /usr/local/bin/yarn
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, symlink '../lib/node_modules/yarn/bin/yarn.js' -> '/usr/local/bin/yarn'
npm ERR! { [Error: EACCES: permission denied, symlink '../lib/node_modules/yarn/bin/yarn.js' -> '/usr/local/bin/yarn']
npm ERR! cause:
npm ERR! { Error: EACCES: permission denied, symlink '../lib/node_modules/yarn/bin/yarn.js' -> '/usr/local/bin/yarn'
npm ERR! errno: -13,
npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR! syscall: 'symlink',
npm ERR! path: '../lib/node_modules/yarn/bin/yarn.js',
npm ERR! dest: '/usr/local/bin/yarn' },
npm ERR! stack:
npm ERR! 'Error: EACCES: permission denied, symlink \'../lib/node_modules/yarn/bin/yarn.js\' -> \'/usr/local/bin/yarn\'',
npm ERR! errno: -13,
npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR! syscall: 'symlink',
npm ERR! path: '../lib/node_modules/yarn/bin/yarn.js',
npm ERR! dest: '/usr/local/bin/yarn' }
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! /home/ritik/.npm/_logs/2020-07-03T19_44_34_737Z-debug.log
This is a permissions issue. you can use sudo to fix this but as a general recommendation never run npm install with sudo because it is a bad idea in general ,you can read more about this here
So To minimize this issue you can configure npm to use a different directory for global packages installations as mentioned in npm docs here
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
Finnaly try to install expo-cli globally :
npm install -g expo-cli
Or if you want a quick fix you can try this
open a terminal and run :
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /usr/local/lib/node_modules
try to install expo-cli , run :
npm i -g expo-cli
Also consider to avoid globall installs and use npx when possible read more here
while installing parcel module in nodeJS, via terminal on Mac OS i am getting permission error.
error: checkPermission Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules
i am new at learning Node Modules. i tried installing(Node , NPM) everything works perfect. but first time installing node module it throwing error. i know its looking for directory of Windows type URL but i don't know how to fix it for mac.
iMac:~ hassan$ node -v
v11.10.0
iMac:~ hassan$ npm -v
6.7.0
iMac:~ hassan$ npm install -g parcel-bundler
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall access
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
npm ERR! { [Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules']
npm ERR! stack:
npm ERR! "Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'",
npm ERR! errno: -13,
npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR! syscall: 'access',
npm ERR! path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules' }
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! /Users/hassan/.npm/_logs/2019-04-23T13_13_46_848Z-debug.log
i want to install Parcel Bundler for Ui animation on my website.
You'll need to have access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules as a super-admin has, to perform the global installation of parcel-bundler.
As mentionned in the comment and assuming your user is the list of sudoers for this computer, you can simply do :
sudo npm -g install parcel-bundler
If this is not the case, you'll need more permissions on the system to install Parcel. Then you'll be able to :
Add your user as a sudoers in the file sudoers.d (Be careful doing this ! See this tutorial for OSX).
Perform the operation directly as the super-admin of the computer.
I'd prefer the 1st option regarding the long-term administration and security of the computer itself. The other option, while not recommended, is still possible for some cases.
Otherwise, you'll not have permission errors if you choose to install Parcel locally. In this case, just omit the -g flag while running the command (i.e npm install parcel-bundler). It will end up by adding parcel to your package.json file so that you'll be able to install it again later.
I am trying to install Mjml email marketing framework on my MAC but I keep receiving this error below
enter code here
MacBook-Air:// desina$ npm init -y && npm install mjml
npm ERR! path /package.json
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall open
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/package.json'
npm ERR! { [Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/package.json']
npm ERR! stack: 'Error: EACCES: permission denied, open \'/package.json\'',
npm ERR! errno: -13,
npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR! syscall: 'open',
npm ERR! path: '/package.json' }
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! /Users/desina/.
The issue here is that you're not an administrator on your computer hence the permission-related errors. Ask an administrator to grant you permissions.
An alternative is to run the commands with sudo.
Do you have node js installed and do you have admin privileges for installing? I found the easier method for working in MJML is to install the app, as it comes with the app and language pre-installed.
I have node 11.2.0
Keep receiving this error.
Andrews-MacBook-Pro:vueTutorial aharris$ npm install -g #vue/cli
npm WARN deprecated hoek#5.0.4: This version is no longer maintained. Please upgrade to the latest version.
npm WARN deprecated cross-spawn-async#2.2.5: cross-spawn no longer requires a build toolchain, use it instead
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm WARN #apollographql/apollo-upload-server#5.0.3 requires a peer of graphql#^0.13.1 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall access
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
npm ERR! { [Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules']
npm ERR! stack:
npm ERR! "Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'",
npm ERR! errno: -13,
npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR! syscall: 'access',
npm ERR! path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules' }
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! /Users/aharris/.npm/_logs/2018-11-25T18_43_42_502Z-debug.log
You are facing the problem of file permissions.
-g parameter of npm means "globally", which will install those file in the system directory, specifically in your computer /usr/local/lib/node_modules, where the owner is possibly root and with permission rwxr-xr-x, means those who is not root will have no permission to write.
Then, you may use sudo to get this permission, or just like NPM modules won't install globally without sudo said, set the npm prefix into the path where you have permissions:
$ npm config set prefix '~/.npm-packages'
All you need to do is run the same command with sudo before it,
sudo npm install -g #vue/cli
and you'll be prompted for the admin password.
When I install npm install -g ionic cordova It throws below error
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to
/usr/lib/node_modules npm ERR! path /usr/lib/node_modules npm ERR!
code EACCES npm ERR! errno -13 npm ERR! syscall access npm ERR! Error:
EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/lib/node_modules' npm ERR! {
Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/lib/node_modules' npm
ERR! stack: 'Error: EACCES: permission denied, access
\'/usr/lib/node_modules\'', npm ERR! errno: -13, npm ERR! code:
'EACCES', npm ERR! syscall: 'access', npm ERR! path:
'/usr/lib/node_modules' } 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!
/home/javauser/.npm/_logs/2018-05-19T04_42_24_737Z-debug.log
I tried with root user as well.
I am using node v9.11.1 , npm 6.0.1
Never use npm with sudo (or as root)! You can create potential backdoor to your system.
I have just answered a very similar question in the following link: How to fix the problem with vue.js instalation
Basicaly what is happening is that NPM does not have the privileges to access /usr/local/lib. To give it access, you could change the ownership of ~/.npm in order to belong to your current user. This could be this way:
sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm
This way you do not have to run npm as sudo, which is not recomended. I believe that it is due to vulnerabilities that are known in npm packages.
Here is an article about it: Don't use "sudo" with npm "install"
run with sudo in Mac OS or linux
sudo npm install -g ionic cordova
or in windows open cmd with run as administrator
npm install -g ionic cordova