sh: 1: node: Permission denied

Question

Tried to run this command on ubuntu 18.04

npm install -g pngquant-bin

but I got this error,

[..................] | fetchMetada         


        

Answer 1

in fact, npm can't use root account to install anything. if you use root account, npm will create a non-permission account to install. in this case, if the package need to execute writeFile or other operation which need permission, the error node: Permission denied will be raised.

so, you can choose optional arbitrary under:

• npm install xxx --unsafe-perm
• npm config set unsafe-perm true
• create high-permission account dedicate to execute npm install