document-dump/npm-eacces-errors.md

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Resolving EACCES permissions errors when installing packages globally

  1. On the command line, in your home directory, create a directory for global installations:

     mkdir ~/.npm-global
    
  2. Configure npm to use the new directory path:

     npm config set prefix '~/.npm-global'
    
  3. In your preferred text editor, open or create a ~/.profile file and add this line:

     export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH
    
  4. On the command line, update your system variables:

     source ~/.profile
    
  5. To test your new configuration, install a package globally without using sudo:

     npm install -g jshint