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Title: problems using npm install in vscode
Post by: stephan84 on August 28, 2022, 09:38:09 AM

after typing npm install in my vscode terminal for running a cloned react project i get:

npm ERR! code EPERM
npm ERR! syscall symlink
npm ERR! path ../@babel/parser/bin/babel-parser.js
npm ERR! dest /media/stephan/WDD 500/udemyCoding/react_the_complete_guide/02-starting-project/node_modules/.bin/parser
npm ERR! errno -1
npm ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink '../@babel/parser/bin/babel-parser.js' -> '/media/stephan/WDD 500/udemyCoding/react_the_complete_guide/02-starting-project/node_modules/.bin/parser'
npm ERR!  [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink '../@babel/parser/bin/babel-parser.js' -> '/media/stephan/WDD 500/udemyCoding/react_the_complete_guide/02-starting-project/node_modules/.bin/parser'] {
npm ERR!   errno: -1,
npm ERR!   code: 'EPERM',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'symlink',
npm ERR!   path: '../@babel/parser/bin/babel-parser.js',
npm ERR!   dest: '/media/stephan/WDD 500/udemyCoding/react_the_complete_guide/02-starting-project/node_modules/.bin/parser'
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!     /home/stephan/.npm/_logs/2022-08-28T13_22_21_771Z-debug-0.log

can anyone help me?
thanks for any support :045:

Title: Re: problems using npm install in vscode
Post by: firenice03 on August 30, 2022, 01:32:11 PM

@stephan84

Quote from: stephan84 on August 28, 2022, 09:38:09 AM

after typing npm install in my vscode terminal for running a cloned react project i get:

npm ERR! code EPERM
....
....
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!     /home/stephan/.npm/_logs/2022-08-28T13_22_21_771Z-debug-0.log

can anyone help me?
thanks for any support :045:

As suggested in the message.. try as admin -- put sudo in front of your command

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sudo npm install

else become root and try OR ensure the user has access/permissions to the specified folder....

Title: Re: problems using npm install in vscode
Post by: nonzero on August 31, 2022, 07:06:35 PM

sudo isn't a magic solution there, as preferably you want to be the owner of the directory - so use alternatives - yarn, pnpm, npx, even bun - there's plenty of prudent options. You may have a missing path in your .npmrc ( .profile)