npm install -g firebase-tools causing errors

Question

I am trying to run: npm install -g firebase-tools on my terminal inorder to work with firebase functions.

But when I do so I get the following error output:

npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall access
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
npm ERR!  [Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'] {
npm ERR!   stack: "Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'",
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'access',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
npm ERR! }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! The operation was rejected by your operating system.
npm ERR! It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator (though this is not recommended).

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/myusername/.npm/_logs/2019-05-21T19_11_21_252Z-debug.log

I have been going through this. And their recommended things to do, but I am . either misunderstanding the instructions or they are just not working.

What I am doing:

• Running: curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.34.0/install.sh | bash
• then: command -v nvm which sometimes returns nothing and other times returns nvm Even when this is the case however running firebases line fails

How do I solve this?

Answer 1

Answer: I solved this issue work by following: https://www.codementor.io/mercurial/how-to-install-node-js-on-macos-sierra-mphz41ekk