Error: EACCES: permission denied

Question

I run npm install lodash but it throws Error: EACCES: permission denied error. I know it is permission issue but as far as I know, sudo permission

Answer 1

LUBUNTU 19.10 / Same issue running: $ npm start

dump: Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/simon/xxx/pagebuilder/resources/scripts/registration/node_modules/.cache/@babel/register/.babel.7.4.0.development.json' at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:646:18) at Object.fs.writeFileSync (fs.js:1299:33) at save (/home/simon/xxx/pagebuilder/resources/scripts/registration/node_modules/@babel/register/lib/cache.js:52:15) at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:132:7) at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:181:9) at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:696:11) at Object. (/home/simon/xxxx/pagebuilder/resources/scripts/registration/node_modules/@babel/node/lib/_babel-node.js:234:23) at Module._compile (module.js:653:30) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:664:10) at Module.load (module.js:566:32)

Looks like my default user (administrator) didn't have rights on node-module directories.

This fixed it for me!

$ sudo chmod a+w node_modules -R ## from project root