Getting error "EACCES: permission denied" when i install cypress

Question

When i try to install cypress using this commnad:

sudo npm install cypress

or

sudo npm install -g cypress

It is giving me this error:

Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/Users/humac/node_modules/cypress/cypress.zip'

Possible duplicate of [Permission denied when installing npm module](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45520853/permission-denied-when-installing-npm-module) — a_e, Mar 13 '19 at 21:57
i tried but now getting this error ; Cypress cannot write to the cache directory due to file permissions ---------- Failed to access /Users/humac/Library/Caches/Cypress: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/Users/humac/Library/Caches/Cypress' ---------- Platform: darwin (17.7.0) — user10751590, Mar 13 '19 at 22:03

score 34 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 26 '19 at 23:05

34

Workaround: sudo npm install --unsafe-perm=true --allow-root cypress

answered Apr 26 '19 at 23:05

João Neves Filho

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 26 '22 at 11:03

5

In my case cypress had trouble accessing /root/.cache/Cypress upon npm install:

EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/root/.cache/Cypress'

I found a relevant issue and ended up setting a custom cache dir:

export CYPRESS_CACHE_FOLDER=/app/.cache
npm install

answered Jan 26 '22 at 11:03

thisismydesign

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