Error: EACCES: permission denied when trying to install ESLint using npm

Question

I\'m trying to install ESLint with npm by going:

npm install -g eslint

However I get the following error:

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Answer 1

This problem is well documented in the npm docs: Fixing npm permissions.

You have 2 solutions available:

Option 1: Change npm's default directory to a hidden directory in your home folder

mkdir ~/.npm-global
npm config set prefix '~/.npm-global'
export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH
source ~/.profile

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Option 2: Use a package manager that takes care of this for you

brew install node