Fixing npm EACCES Permission Errors for Global Package Installation

chenweipeng@Rocs-MacBook-Pro openroleplay.ai % sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm Password: chenweipeng@Rocs-MacBook-Pro openroleplay.ai % npm install -g [email protected]

npm ERR! code EACCES npm ERR! syscall mkdir npm ERR! path /Users/chenweipeng/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/pnpm npm ERR! errno -13 npm ERR! npm ERR! Your cache folder contains root-owned files, due to a bug in npm ERR! previous versions of npm which has since been addressed. npm ERR! npm ERR! To permanently fix this problem, please run: npm ERR! sudo chown -R 501:20 "/Users/chenweipeng/.npm"

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/chenweipeng/.npm/_logs/2024-06-04T10_58_47_986Z-debug-0.log chenweipeng@Rocs-MacBook-Pro openroleplay.ai %

The error you're encountering is due to permission issues with your npm cache folder. The error message suggests that some files in your npm cache are owned by the root user, which is causing the permission error when you try to install a global package.

To fix this, you need to change the ownership of the npm cache folder to your user. You can do this by running the following command:

sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm

After running this command, try installing the package again:

npm install -g [email protected]

If you still encounter issues, you might want to consider configuring npm to use a different directory for global installations. This can be done by setting up a custom directory for global npm packages. Here’s how you can do it:

1. Create a directory for global npm packages:

   mkdir ~/.npm-global
   

2. Configure npm to use this new directory for global installations:

   npm config set prefix '~/.npm-global'
   

3. Add the new directory to your PATH by adding the following line to your shell configuration file (e.g., ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, or ~/.profile):

   export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH
   

4. Reload your shell configuration:

   source ~/.bashrc  # or ~/.zshrc, ~/.profile, etc.
   

5. Now try installing the package again:

   npm install -g [email protected]
   

By following these steps, you should be able to resolve the permission issues and successfully install the package globally.