yarn install: EACCES: permission denied, unlink yarn integrity

Question

yarn install throws:

EACCES: permission denied, unlink '/home/minnak/Darbas/market/node_modules/.yarn-integrity'

Might be related to this issue

I tried checking for permissions:

ls -la /home/minnak/Darbas/market/node_modules/.yarn*

Output: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 490276 kov. 13 15:10 /home/minnak/Darbas/market/node_modules/.yarn-integrity

and then:

sudo chown -R minnak /home/minnak/.config/yarn/

Then launch yarn install again and get the same error.

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '19 at 08:54

14

Try running sudo rm -rf /home/minnak/Darbas/market/node_modules/ and then yarn without elevated permissions.

answered Mar 14 '19 at 08:54

Matas

1

This works but I keep having to do it a lot. I have 3 projects in my workspace and I have to do it for each one all the time. – Batman Jun 09 '20 at 04:33
I did something similar but less destructive, from the project folder: `sudo chown -R $USER:$GROUP node_modules` – Akronix Apr 25 '22 at 08:31

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 17 '20 at 13:40

13

It's likely a unix permission related problem. There is a solution posted on the dev's github page. Try to run the following command

sudo chown -R $USER:$GROUP ~/.npm
sudo chown -R $USER:$GROUP ~/.config

answered Jan 17 '20 at 13:40

Muhammad Numan

4

You just saved me from `Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/Users/me/.config/yarn'` It worked right away! thanks! – Michel Conrado Diz Mar 31 '20 at 01:32

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