I'm getting a strange permission error when I try to install an npm module. I'm starting it with sudo so I'm sure I do have access, but for some reason it keeps complaining with an error:
stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/lib/node_modules/joplin/node_modules/sqlite3/build'
I've tried restarting my computer, and creating a directory /usr/lib/node_modules/joplin with chmod 777, but it still doesn't work.
$ sudo npm install -g joplin
/usr/bin/joplin -> /usr/lib/node_modules/joplin/main.js
> sqlite3@3.1.9 install /usr/lib/node_modules/joplin/node_modules/sqlite3
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
node-pre-gyp ERR! Tried to download(undefined): https://mapbox-node-binary.s3.amazonaws.com/sqlite3/v3.1.9/node-v48-linux-x64.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp ERR! Pre-built binaries not found for sqlite3@3.1.9 and node@6.11.2 (node-v48 ABI) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/lib/node_modules/joplin/node_modules/sqlite3/build'
gyp ERR! stack at Error (native)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.4.0-43-Microsoft
gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=/usr/lib/node_modules/joplin/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v48-linux-x64/node_sqlite3.node" "--module_name=node_sqlite3" "--module_path=/usr/lib/node_modules/joplin/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v48-linux-x64"
gyp ERR! cwd /usr/lib/node_modules/joplin/node_modules/sqlite3
gyp ERR! node -v v6.11.2
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/usr/bin/nodejs /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/usr/lib/node_modules/joplin/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v48-linux-x64/node_sqlite3.node --module_name=node_sqlite3 --module_path=/usr/lib/node_modules/joplin/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v48-linux-x64' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/joplin/node_modules/sqlite3/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:891:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:226:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 4.4.0-43-Microsoft
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/lib/node_modules/joplin/node_modules/sqlite3/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /usr/lib/node_modules/joplin/node_modules/sqlite3
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v6.11.2
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.6.36
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Edit
I've also tried sudo npm i sqlite3 -g --build-from-source but getting the same error Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/lib/node_modules/sqlite3/build' so it seems to be something to do with sqlite3.
You need to reclaim ownership of the .npm directory.
sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm
and need the write permission in node_modules directory:
sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/lib/node_modules
A rule of thumb as I have learned is to never run npm install with sudo. That creates items with root being the owner as opposed to your username.
Give full permission to node modules folder
command
sudo chmod 777 -R node_modules/
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45520853/permission-denied-when-installing-npm-module