npm permissions error

Ryan Schmidt ryandesign at macports.org
Sun Mar 11 14:26:44 PDT 2012


On Mar 11, 2012, at 16:01, Phil Dobbin wrote:

> On 11/03/2012 20:50, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> 
>> I'm using npm to install something from npmjs.org & even though
>> I'm using sudo I'm getting:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> Scrub that. I figured it out.

What was the solution?

You shouldn't be using sudo with npm. npm is for installing node modules locally.

Projects that recommend the use of "npm -g" for a global install should instead have an entire MacPorts port made for them. 



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