So I'm logged in as administrator of my MacBook and want to run a npm mand in my Django project. However, It refuses due to missing permissions.

(venv) jonas@Air-von-Jonas salaryx % npm install -g sass
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! syscall symlink
npm ERR! path ../lib/node_modules/sass/sass.js
npm ERR! dest /usr/local/bin/sass
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, symlink '../lib/node_modules/sass/sass.js' -> '/usr/local/bin/sass'
npm ERR!  [Error: EACCES: permission denied, symlink '../lib/node_modules/sass/sass.js' -> '/usr/local/bin/sass'] {
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'symlink',
npm ERR!   path: '../lib/node_modules/sass/sass.js',
npm ERR!   dest: '/usr/local/bin/sass'
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 mand again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! A plete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/jonas/.npm/_logs/2022-03-24T06_04_35_362Z-debug.log
(venv) jonas@Air-von-Jonas salaryx % 

Also it seems that I can't change permissions of a folder, I can unlock the lock on the bottom right but then once I try to change permission for "wheel" e.g. it refuses as well.

So I'm logged in as administrator of my MacBook and want to run a npm mand in my Django project. However, It refuses due to missing permissions.

(venv) jonas@Air-von-Jonas salaryx % npm install -g sass
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! syscall symlink
npm ERR! path ../lib/node_modules/sass/sass.js
npm ERR! dest /usr/local/bin/sass
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, symlink '../lib/node_modules/sass/sass.js' -> '/usr/local/bin/sass'
npm ERR!  [Error: EACCES: permission denied, symlink '../lib/node_modules/sass/sass.js' -> '/usr/local/bin/sass'] {
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'symlink',
npm ERR!   path: '../lib/node_modules/sass/sass.js',
npm ERR!   dest: '/usr/local/bin/sass'
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 mand again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! A plete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/jonas/.npm/_logs/2022-03-24T06_04_35_362Z-debug.log
(venv) jonas@Air-von-Jonas salaryx % 

Also it seems that I can't change permissions of a folder, I can unlock the lock on the bottom right but then once I try to change permission for "wheel" e.g. it refuses as well.

• javascript
• node.js
• macos
• npm
• sass

1 Answer 1

You are having a system permission issue. An easy way to avoid it is to use the sudo mand:

sudo npm install -g sass

Otherwise you can visit Resolving EACCES permissions errors when installing packages globally from npm's official doc. There is a guide, and the solution is to either reinstall npm with a node version manager or manually change its default directory.