I am getting a very odd error trying to install the express-generator with and without sudo
.
I need to run: npm install express-generator -g
and then express --ejs name_here
but when executing the first command, I get the following error:
npm ERR! Darwin 15.2.0 npm ERR! argv "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "express-generator" "-g" npm ERR! node v0.12.7 npm ERR! npm v2.11.3 npm ERR! path /Users/[name]/.npm/lib/node_modules/express-generator/LICENSE npm ERR! code EACCES npm ERR! errno -13 npm ERR! Error: EACCES, unlink '/Users/[name]/.npm/lib/node_modules/express-generator/LICENSE' npm ERR! at Error (native) npm ERR! { [Error: EACCES, unlink '/Users/[name]/.npm/lib/node_modules/express-generator/LICENSE'] npm ERR! errno: -13, npm ERR! code: 'EACCES', npm ERR! path: '/Users/[name]/.npm/lib/node_modules/express-generator/LICENSE' } npm ERR! npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator. npm ERR! error rolling back Error: EACCES, unlink '/Users/[name]/.npm/lib/node_modules/express-generator/LICENSE' npm ERR! error rolling back at Error (native) npm ERR! error rolling back { [Error: EACCES, unlink '/Users/[name]/.npm/lib/node_modules/express-generator/LICENSE'] npm ERR! error rolling back errno: -13, npm ERR! error rolling back code: 'EACCES', npm ERR! error rolling back path: '/Users/[name]/.npm/lib/node_modules/express-generator/LICENSE' } npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! /Users/[name]/Documents/Projects/MEAN Stack Tutorial/npm-debug.log
After trying sudo npm install express-generator -g
I get this:
/Users/[name]/.npm/bin/express -> /Users/[name]/.npm/lib/node_modules/express-generator/bin/express express-generator@4.13.1 /Users/[name]/.npm/lib/node_modules/express-generator ├―― sorted-object@1.0.0 ├―― commander@2.7.1 (graceful-readlink@1.0.1) └―― mkdirp@0.5.1 (minimist@0.0.8)
Then running express --ejs name_here
returns -bash: express: command not found
Is there a way I can solve this issue? The other questions on SO seem to have fixed the issue by trying sudo but not for me.