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npm install: Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir

I attempted to do a sudo npm install -g appium on Mac OS 10.12.5.

I get this error:

info Chromedriver Install Installing Chromedriver version '2.30' for platform 'mac' and architecture '64'

info Chromedriver Install Opening temp file to write chromedriver_mac64 to...

Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir 

'/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-chromedriver/2017820-44752-12jfqpb.z2hd'

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! errno 1

npm ERR! appium-chromedriver@3.0.1 install: `node install-npm.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!

This is not a dupe question, as this install attempt was with sudo, as the other one was not.

Solution

  • I reinstalled Node/NPM. Problem solved.