[MacPorts] #33175: NPM doesn't install packages in the appropriate location

[MacPorts]

#33175: NPM doesn't install packages in the appropriate location
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 Reporter:  conradwt@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect              |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal              |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports               |     Version:  2.0.3                                
 Keywords:                      |        Port:  npm                                  
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 npm requires one to install packages using sudo. For example,

 {{{
 sudo npm install <package-name>
 }}}

 Otherwise, one will receive the following message:

 {{{
 $ npm install pubnub
 npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/pubnub
 npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/pubnub
 npm ERR! error installing pubnub at 3.1.6
 npm ERR! error rolling back pubnub at 3.1.6 Error: EACCES, permission denied
 '/opt/local/lib/node_modules/pubnub/package.json'

 npm ERR! Error: EACCES, permission denied
 '/opt/local/lib/node_modules/pubnub/package.json'
 npm ERR!
 npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
 npm ERR!
 npm ERR! System Darwin 11.3.0
 npm ERR! command "node" "/opt/local/bin/npm" "install" "pubnub"
 npm ERR! cwd /Users/conradwt/nodejs.dir/examples/pubnub-example
 npm ERR! node -v v0.6.10
 npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-2
 npm ERR! path /opt/local/lib/node_modules/pubnub/package.json
 npm ERR! code EACCES
 npm ERR! message EACCES, permission denied
 '/opt/local/lib/node_modules/pubnub/package.json'
 npm ERR! errno {}
 npm ERR!
 npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
 npm ERR!     /Users/conradwt/nodejs.dir/examples/pubnub-example/npm-
 debug.log
 npm not ok
 }}}

 Furthermore, when I do not want to install packages globally but within
 the project directory.  For example, the package is installed in

 /opt/local/lib/node_modules/pubnub

 instead of the current working directory.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/33175>
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