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Melissa Preece
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 18,394 PointsCan't install nodemon, getting EACCESS err
Hi, I am getting this error and nodemon is not installing successfully on my Mac terminal. Can someone help me please? Thanks!
2 Answers
Harald N
15,843 PointsHi Melissa.
First make sure you have both node.js and npm install, and updated to the latest stable version.
Then try running the npm install nodemon as an administrator:
sudo npm install nodemon
Running the command with sudo gives you admin privileges but require users password. You can add the '-g' flag to make it globally installed on your mac, so each folder containing a project can use nodemon without installing it for each project/folder.
sudo npm install nodemon -g
Hope this helps. If not, try copying the error message, and post it here. Might have more clues about what's going wrong :D
Melissa Preece
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 18,394 PointsThanks Harald! I installed it as per your advice and was successful. I was just a bit confused by Andrew's instructions on how to install it properly. Thanks for clarifying :D
Alex Hort-Francis
17,074 PointsAlex Hort-Francis
17,074 PointsI've seen it recommended that you never use
sudoto run an npm command, as this grants root access to any node module that is a dependency of your project, which is very dodgy.I had a problem installing global node packages on my Chromebook with Linux; specifically, trying to run
npxcommands.I found that the problem was caused by me trying to install global node packages in a folder shared between ChromeOS and Linux, that was created in ChromeOS. When I used a folder created in Linux I was able to install global packages with npm.