npm permissions error

[Phil Dobbin]

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On 11/03/2012 21:26, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> On Mar 11, 2012, at 16:01, Phil Dobbin wrote:
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>> On 11/03/2012 20:50, Phil Dobbin wrote:
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>>> 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. 


I checked on one of my Linux boxes & you actually have to be root to
install: sudo will not do it. I haven't enabled root on my OS X box & I
probably won't so I'm considering as to whether it's worth the bother to
see if nodejs/npm can be installed into $HOME/ on OS X or to just stick
to using Linux for all node related actives & use my existing node
GitHub repos for anything I need to add from the OS X box.

As an aside, the way OS X/Ubuntu go about coping with permissions, along
with Windows, sucks. The first password you create on any OS
installation should be the root password IMO.

Cheers,

  Phil...

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