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Error while installing nodemon from terminal ? I actually had the same problem while updating Nodejs too

this is the error thrown, I had the same problem while updating Nodejs, however, I managed to update it using the download option. but still having this every time I try installing nodemon from terminal

JuJu:/ juri$ npm install -g nodemon
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! syscall access
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! errno -13
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!   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.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/juri/.npm/_logs/2020-06-21T11_25_30_937Z-debug.log
JuJu:/ juri$
Solution

  • or you can use

    sudo npm install -g nodemon

    if you are a sudoer..