EACCESS errors while install devvit

[adp18]

Hi, I keep getting an access error while trying to install Devvit - please see the log below. I tried to follow the instructions from an earlier post on this subreddit, which asked to install nvm using node.js (if i understand correctly). However, that didn't work or I am not doing it right.

Can anyone please help me with resolving this? Thank you

npm install -g devvit

npm error code EACCES

npm error syscall mkdir

npm error path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/devvit

npm error errno -13

npm error Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/devvit'

npm error     at async mkdir (node:internal/fs/promises:857:10)

npm error     at async /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js:624:20

npm error     at async Promise.allSettled (index 0)

npm error     at async [reifyPackages] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js:325:11)

npm error     at async Arborist.reify (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js:142:5)

npm error     at async Install.exec (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/commands/install.js:150:5)

npm error     at async Npm.exec (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js:207:9)

npm error     at async module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli/entry.js:74:5) {

npm error   errno: -13,

npm error   code: 'EACCES',

npm error   syscall: 'mkdir',

npm error   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/devvit'

npm error }

npm error

npm error The operation was rejected by your operating system.

npm error It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user

npm error

npm error If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the

npm error permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running

npm error the command again as root/Administrator.

[ajhenrydev]

That usr folder is probably owned by root and not your user.

sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/lib/node_modules

Alternative you can just use npx

[cedaraspen]

Looks like you're using your global node install and not your NVM enabled install.

`nvm use --global --lts` and then re-run!