I could install gruntjs locally using npm install grunt.
But when I'm trying to install it globally npm install grunt -g, i'm getting an error:
npm ERR! Error: EACCES, symlink '../lib/node_modules/grunt/bin/grunt'
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.18-92.el5xen
npm ERR! command "nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "grunt" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd /home/lj
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.18
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.19
npm ERR! path ../lib/node_modules/grunt/bin/grunt
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! message EACCES, symlink '../lib/node_modules/grunt/bin/grunt'
npm ERR! errno {}
npm ERR! Error: EACCES, open 'npm-debug.log'
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.18-92.el5xen
npm ERR! command "nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "grunt" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd /home/lj
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.18
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.19
npm ERR! path npm-debug.log
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! message EACCES, open 'npm-debug.log'
npm ERR! errno {}
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/lj/npm-debug.log
npm not ok
With sudo I have error too:
npm ERR! Error: spawn ENOENT
npm ERR! at errnoException (child_process.js:483:11)
npm ERR! at ChildProcess.spawn (child_process.js:446:11)
npm ERR! at child_process.js:342:9
npm ERR! at Object.execFile (child_process.js:252:15)
npm ERR! at uidNumber (/usr/lib/nodejs/uid-number/uid-number.js:33:17)
npm ERR! at loadUid (/usr/lib/nodejs/npm/lib/npm.js:336:5)
npm ERR! at Array.2 (/usr/lib/nodejs/bind-actor.js:15:8)
npm ERR! at LOOP (/usr/lib/nodejs/chain.js:15:13)
npm ERR! at /usr/lib/nodejs/chain.js:18:7
npm ERR! at setUser (/usr/lib/nodejs/npm/lib/npm.js:346:32)
npm ERR! You may report this log at:
npm ERR! <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! <npm-@googlegroups.com>
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.18-92.el5xen
npm ERR! command "nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "grunt" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd /home/lj
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.18
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.19
npm ERR! syscall spawn
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! message spawn ENOENT
npm ERR! errno {}
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/lj/npm-debug.log
npm not ok
What could I do to install it?
P.S. It's possible that come rights for some folders is for root:root, not for my user. Cuz our admins installed VM that way...
I've had this problem too with grunt and bower
The solution I've found is in this article NPM config
In your .npmrc you need to set the prefix path
prefix = /usr/local
or you can do it from terminal like this:
npm config set prefix "/usr/local"
This way node will know where to install them:
In npm 1.0, there are two ways to install things:
globally —- This drops modules in {prefix}/lib/node_modules, and puts executable files in {prefix}/bin, where {prefix} is usually something like /usr/local. It also installs man pages in {prefix}/share/man, if they’re supplied.
locally —- This installs your package in the current working directory. Node modules go in ./node_modules, executables go in ./node_modules/.bin/, and man pages aren’t installed at all.
Encountered same issue. The following works for me:
sudo npm install -g grunt-cli
Try chowning the node_modules folder and then try to install again:
sudo chown -R $USER /path/to/node_modules/folder
try sudo npm install -g grunt ?
Adding the option --no-bin-links works good. I tried everything and only this solved my problem. I was installing the Yeoman on ubuntu 12.04 and it was always returning the error:
npm ERR! Error: EACCES, symlink '../lib/node_modules/yo/cli.js'
Then, I did:
npm install -g --no-bin-links yo
=D
For more details https://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues/2380