npm command - sudo or not?

Question

Currently I always run sudo npm install but as I understand it\'s not correct.

I want to have opportunity not to use it as root/Adm

Answer 1

In my opinion is the cleanest way to specify the npm prefix:

npm config set prefix ~/.node_modules

And then to add the following to you .bash_profile

export PATH=$HOME/.node_modules/bin:$PATH

Now the packages will install into your user directory and no permissions will be harmend.

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EDIT: If you can't install yeoman, create a bash file in one of your PATH directories named yodoctor with the following contents

#!/bin/bash
yo doctor

Make the file executable with

chmod +x yodoctor

And now you should be able to install yeoman.