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Desmond Dallas
6,985 PointsNPM - Installing http -server
Hi all im trying to install the http-server on the NPM course. Spent a whole 5 hours now and cant get any further. Can anyone tell me what is going on. Please see the following error message. I tried following the steps in the teachers notes but no luck.
checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! path /usr/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall access
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/lib/node_modules'
npm ERR! { Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/lib/node_modules'
npm ERR! stack: 'Error: EACCES: permission denied, access \'/usr/lib/node_modules
\'',
npm ERR! errno: -13,
npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR! syscall: 'access',
npm ERR! path: '/usr/lib/node_modules' }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/treehouse/.npm/_logs/2018-07-17T02_40_41_023Z-debug.log
2 Answers
Ari Misha
19,323 PointsHello there! If you're using Mac or Linux OS, you might need to run this npm as super/root admin. Just run it like below and provide necessary Shell authentication:
sudo npm i --save-dev http-server
OR
sudo npm i --save http-server
OR
yarn add http-server
(only if you're using yarn as package manager)
~ Ari
Desmond Dallas
6,985 PointsGreat thanks, I think that did the job