Error: eacces: permission denied, access to "/usr/lib/node_modules"

error ：EACCES： Permission denied , visit “/usr/lib/node_modules”

I'm trying to use it today command install typescript npm install -g typescript, It returns this error ：

npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! syscall mkdir
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n'
npm ERR!  [Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n'] {
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'mkdir',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n'
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! 

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So is there a corresponding solution , The answer, of course, is yes , Next, let's look at the moves

Create a directory for the global installation ：

mkdir ~/.npm-global

To configure npm To use the new directory path ：

npm config set prefix '~/.npm-global'

Open or create a ~/.profile File and add the following lines ：

open  ~/.profile

export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH

Back to the command line , Update system variables ：

source ~/.profile

test ： Without using sudo Download a package globally .

npm install -g typescript

If you are using Z shell (Zsh), Please add export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH Into your file ~/.zshrc

Good success solves the problem .

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