NPM cannot install dependencies - Attempt to unlock something which hasn't been locked

Question

I\'ve been trying to run an npm install on my package.json file, but I\'m having a lot of trouble. It keeps saying \"Error: Attempt to unlock XXX, which hasn\'t been locke

Answer 1

The following command should fix permission issues:

sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(npm config get prefix)/{lib/node_modules,bin,share}

You can read about another officially recommended solutions here:

https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions