Npm Operation Not permitted issue

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I am actually trying to run sudo npm -g install bower but my mac does not let me run anything that has npm on it. The error is

Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, mkdir '/usr/ps2791'

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 07 '17 at 05:35

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Are you using latest Mac OSX > 10.10? because all the MAC OSX has SIP enabled by default. In order to make use of npm command. Disable SIP on mac os.

answered Apr 07 '17 at 05:35

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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According to this answer you might need to set the npm prefix to a directory that your user can actually fiddle with. I.e.

mkdir ~/npm_config
npm config set prefix ~/npm_config

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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answered Apr 07 '17 at 12:29

Tamas Rev

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