On npm install Unhandled rejection Error EACCES permission denied

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I have managed to corrupt my npm install  and whenever I try to install packages using npm install  I receive error messages along these lines      Unhandled rejection Error  EACCES  permission denied  open   Users marknorgate  npm  cacache tmp a449402d    I have tried reinstalling node  amp  npm  and I have also tried to relocate my npm cache elsewhere using these instructions but nothing works   How can I get it working

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This one works for me    sudo chown -R   whoami     npm   I did not use the -g because I am the only user  I used a MacBook Air

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change ownership   sudo chown -R  USER  GROUP    npm sudo chown -R  USER  GROUP    config    worked for as i installed package using sudo

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sudo npm install -g  angular cli use this  it worked for me

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This worked for me   Resolving EACCES permissions errors when installing packages globally

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as per npm community  sudo npm cache clean --force --unsafe-perm   and then npm install goes normally   source  npm community-unhandled-rejection-error-eacces-permission-denied

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Simply run on terminal   sudo chown -R   whoami     npm  This worked for me

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sudo npm cache clean --force --unsafe-perm   and then npm i goes normally

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just create folders  cache tmp under  npm manually at location  Users marknorgate  npm  cacache tmp and run your command with administrator access

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Restore ownership of the user s npm related folders  to the current user  like this   sudo chown -R  USER  GROUP    npm sudo chown -R  USER  GROUP    config

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This happens if the first time you run NPM it s with sudo  for example when trying to do an npm install -g   The cache folders need to be owned by the current user  not root   sudo chown -R  USER  GROUP    npm sudo chown -R  USER  GROUP    config   This will give ownership to the above folders when running with normal user permissions  not as sudo    It s also worth noting that you shouldn t be installing global packages using SUDO  If you do run into issues with permissions  it s worth changing your global directory  The docs recommend   mkdir    npm-global  npm config set prefix     npm-global   Then updating your PATH in wherever you define that     profile etc    export PATH    npm-global bin  PATH  You ll then need to make sure the PATH env variable is set  restarting terminal or using the source command   https   docs npmjs com resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globally

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you can try following command for expo    sudo chown -R  USER  GROUP    expo

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If none of suggestions in answers worked out  try the following command  npm cache clear --force  It worked for me   I found it at https   github com vuejs vue-cli issues 1809

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sudo npm install --unsafe-perm true --allow-root   This was the one that worked for me

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Try using this  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   Now use npm install it should work

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sudo chown -R   whoami     npm  sudo chown -R   whoami     config

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Above answer didn t work for me  Just try to run your command with --unsafe-perm   e g  npm install -g node latest --unsafe-perm   This seems to solve the problem

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Simply do sudo npm cache clean --force --unsafe-perm and npm i will go normally

[npm] On npm install: Unhandled rejection Error: EACCES: permission denied

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