npm throws EACCES error on installation of Angular CLI

Question

I am unable to install Angular Cli globally through npm. I keep getting this error when I run npm install -g @angular/cli on macOS:

npm ERR! nod         


        

Answer 1

When you use npm install -g on any platform and you get EACCES, you are writing to a directory for which you do not have write permission.

Some may recommend using sudo, but this will lead to more problems in the future. The npm documentation provides steps to fix this.

I highly recommend option 3, using Homebrew to install Node.

Answer 2

The answer by Ayush is what I tried at first. Yet the problem persisted. Maybe I didn't do all the steps correctly , I am not sure. So again I looked up Google and found this link https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/7735#issuecomment-345546822. There are two ways to go about solving it. Luckily the first way worked for me. The step that might have made a difference may be compared to what Ayush mentioned above in the answers:

$ echo -e "export PATH=$(npm prefix -g)/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc 
$ source ~/.bashrc

I am using Ubuntu though! Anyways it is solved now. :)

Answer 3

Hello Please Follow my guide to install angular 4 from the cli without any permission issues:

Install the angular-cli globally

sudo npm install -g @angular/cli

Create a new project

ng new my-app --skip-install

Serve the application

sudo chown <username> -R my-app
cd my-app
mkdir node_modules
chmod a+w node_modules
npm install
ng serve --open