NPM won't install any package on Mac. New, clean build. `EACCES` & other errors

Question

I\'ve just rebuild my Mavericks (Mac OS X Version 9.4) machine from scratch. I am the administrator and only user of this machine.

• I installed Git via their

Answer 1

It's generally not advised to run sudo unless absolutely necessary.

For issues like this, NPM can solve many issues, and allow multiple node versions to be used, and selected depending upon your use case.

I had a similar issue setting up a new machine, and installing NPM took care of the issue.