firebase-tools error: EACCES: permission denied

Question

I am trying to deploy Firebase hosting of my web app.

At the command line, when I type firebase deploy, I get the following error.

Note: f

Answer 1

This looks like an issue with the permissions of modules you have npm installed. This is something lots of developers run into, and npm actually has some documentation on how to resolve it. Once you go through that, try again (you may need to re-install firebase-tools) and things should work.