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patrick tagliaferro
5,399 Pointsnpm install -g gulp error
I tried adding gulp global, before adding it to a project, and got a ton of errors. I have node and npm both installed. Here is the terminal read out:
MBP: PT$ which node /usr/local/bin/node MBP:PT$ which npm /usr/local/bin/npm MBP:PT$ npm install -g gulp npm ERR! Darwin 14.3.0 npm ERR! argv "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "gulp" npm ERR! node v0.12.3 npm ERR! npm v2.9.1 npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp npm ERR! code EACCES npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! Error: EACCES, rmdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp' npm ERR! at Error (native) npm ERR! { [Error: EACCES, rmdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp'] npm ERR! errno: -13, npm ERR! code: 'EACCES', npm ERR! path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp' } npm ERR! npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator. npm ERR! error rolling back Error: EACCES, rmdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp' npm ERR! error rolling back at Error (native) npm ERR! error rolling back { [Error: EACCES, rmdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp'] npm ERR! error rolling back errno: -13, npm ERR! error rolling back code: 'EACCES', npm ERR! error rolling back path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp' }
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4 Answers
Alex Robertson-Brown
Courses Plus Student 8,956 PointsHave you tried starting with the command with sudo and then entering your password? For most of the commands on this course I had to use sudo so they would install properly. I think this comes down to the setup of your user account.
Ingvi Jonasson
12,173 PointsLike Alex says, try 'sudo npm install -g gulp'. If that does now work you might have to update your npm or node.
patrick tagliaferro
5,399 PointsThat seemed to work. I can now do 'which gulp' and it points to the user bin.
Laetitia tubery
356 PointsHi,
I've the same error. I tried to to install with sudo but it doesn't work. Here what I get :
npm WARN deprecated lodash@1.0.2: lodash@<2.0.0 is no longer maintained. Upgrade to lodash@^3.0.0 /usr/local/bin/gulp -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js /usr/local/lib āāā gulp@3.9.0
Sorry, I'm not confortable with console error. Thanks for your help.
Alex Robertson-Brown
Courses Plus Student 8,956 PointsIs this the entire error message? If it's just a warning, gulp should still function normally. Which one of your functions isn't working properly?