On npm install: Unhandled rejection Error: EACCES: permission denied

Question

I have managed to corrupt my npm install, and whenever I try to install packages using npm install, I receive error messages along these lines:

Answer 1

Try using this: On the command line, in your home directory, create a directory for global installations:

mkdir ~/.npm-global

Configure npm to use the new directory path:

npm config set prefix '~/.npm-global'

In your preferred text editor, open or create a ~/.profile file and add this line:

export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH

On the command line, update your system variables:

source ~/.profile

Now use npm install it should work.