hello, I’m encountering an issue when trying to run npm install on my openSUSE system. Here are the details:
I’ve tried updating Node.js and npm, and checking permissions (but i dont know where permission setting in opensuse), and nothing seems to work. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
here’s the error:
The error indicates a lack of permissions at the destination - I’d start that way. You’re not using a standard prompt, so if you’re not running this as root, that is an option as well, but if you want to go with the principle of least privileges, check the permissions on the destination directory.
Hi,
I think the directory /usr/local/lib/node_module check the permission on it. I had the same issue with node. Even though I tried to give the permission but it still has an issue.
which nodjs
which: no nodjs in (/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/sbin:/home/rhussain/.local/bin:/home/rhussain/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin)
npm install http-server -g
npm error code EACCES
npm error syscall mkdir
npm error path /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm error errno -13
npm error Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
npm error at async mkdir (node:internal/fs/promises:863:10)
npm error at async /usr/lib64/node_modules/npm22/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js:624:20
npm error at async Promise.allSettled (index 0)
npm error at async [reifyPackages] (/usr/lib64/node_modules/npm22/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js:325:11)
npm error at async Arborist.reify (/usr/lib64/node_modules/npm22/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js:142:5)
npm error at async Install.exec (/usr/lib64/node_modules/npm22/lib/commands/install.js:150:5)
npm error at async Npm.exec (/usr/lib64/node_modules/npm22/lib/npm.js:207:9)
npm error at async module.exports (/usr/lib64/node_modules/npm22/lib/cli/entry.js:74:5) {
npm error errno: -13,
npm error code: 'EACCES',
npm error syscall: 'mkdir',
npm error path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
npm error }
npm error
npm error The operation was rejected by your operating system.
npm error It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user
npm error
npm error If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
npm error permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
npm error the command again as root/Administrator.
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/rhussain/.npm/_logs/2024-10-18T23_44_32_008Z-debug-0.log
How did you install NPM and nodejs?
It kinda looks like you used brew rather than the package manager, but based on what you’ve written it’s not possible to tell how you installed it or who you were when you ran the commands.
EACCES is an access error. “nodjs” is not the command, it’s “node” when installed using the native packages.
But it looks like you’re trying to install http-server as a global user, so if you’re not root (which it isn’t possible to tell if that’s the case or not), you won’t be able to install it because normal users can’t write to /usr/lib64/* - and setting normal users up to do that is a bad idea from a security standpoint.
The errors at the end of your log state that you should run the command as root/Administrator, so that tells me you’re probably not doing that. 
I discovered the issue was due to running npm on an exFAT drive. since exFAT file systems does not support ownership permissions.
I was able to resolve the problem by executing the command on my ext4 drive instead.
Ah, yes, that would do it as well. Glad you figured it out!
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