NPM install for packages not working

Question

T hanks in advance for any help I can get.

I am trying to install packages like grunt, bower, and yeoman using nodejs and the NPM in my mac OSX 10.8's terminal.

I check node and NPM's versions to confirm they are installed correctly and have found that to be true. However when I begin to run a command to install a package like bower, using the following:

npm install -g bower

I get various amounts of errors coming up. I am trying to avoid using the sudo command. I tried using sudo, but afterwards I would get a response "command not found." I have a feeling the packages may not be in the correct folders or directories but I am unclear on what to do next.

For your reference these are the errors I get:

npm ERR! Error: EACCES, unlink '/Users/myname/.node/lib/node_modules/bower/.editorconfig'
npm ERR!  { [Error: EACCES, unlink '/Users/myname/.node/lib/node_modules/bower/.editorconfig']
npm ERR!   errno: 3,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   path: '/Users/myname/.node/lib/node_modules/bower/.editorconfig' }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! System Darwin 12.5.0
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "bower"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/myname
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.32
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.28
npm ERR! path /Users/myname/.node/lib/node_modules/bower/.editorconfig
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno 3
npm ERR! stack Error: EACCES, unlink '/Users/myname/.node/lib/node_modules/bower/.editorconfig'
npm ERR! error rolling back Error: EACCES, unlink '/Users/myname/.node/lib/node_modules/bower   /.editorconfig'
npm ERR! error rolling back  { [Error: EACCES, unlink '/Users/myname/.node/lib/node_modules/bower/.editorconfig']
npm ERR! error rolling back   errno: 3,
npm ERR! error rolling back   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR! error rolling back   path: '/Users/myname/.node/lib/node_modules/bower/.editorconfig' }
npm ERR! not ok code 0

For privacy, I replaced my own name with the proxy myname in the paths. Moreover, this problem persists when I try installing grunt, and yeoman.

Upon further inspection, I noticed I have two folders. One named 'users' and one name 'usr.' Within 'users', I see a folder called node_modules. However, within 'usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules' I noticed there is no bower, grunt, or yeoman files. This is just speculation, but are the files not properly installing into the necessary folders for them to be run in npm?

Any help or input would be extremely appreciated!

UPDATE 10/10/14

For people's reference, I have tried the sudo command to see if it would work, and it displays the following:

   /Users/myname/.node/bin/bower -> /Users/myname/.node/lib/node_modules/bower/bin/bower
     bower@1.3.12 /Users/myname/.node/lib/node_modules/bower
    ├── is-root@1.0.0
    ├── junk@1.0.0
    ├── stringify-object@1.0.0
    ├── abbrev@1.0.5
    ├── chmodr@0.1.0
    ├── which@1.0.5
    ├── osenv@0.1.0
    ├── opn@1.0.0
    ├── archy@0.0.2
    ├── rimraf@2.2.8
    ├── graceful-fs@3.0.3
    ├── bower-logger@0.2.2
    ├── lru-cache@2.5.0
    ├── bower-endpoint-parser@0.2.2
    ├── lockfile@1.0.0
    ├── nopt@3.0.1
    ├── retry@0.6.0
    ├── tmp@0.0.23
    ├── q@1.0.1
    ├── semver@2.3.2
    ├── p-throttler@0.1.0 (q@0.9.7)
    ├── request-progress@0.3.0 (throttleit@0.0.2)
    ├── bower-json@0.4.0 (intersect@0.0.3, deep-extend@0.2.11, graceful-fs@2.0.3)
    ├── fstream@1.0.2 (inherits@2.0.1)
    ├── shell-quote@1.4.2 (array-filter@0.0.1, array-reduce@0.0.0, array-map@0.0.0, jsonify@0.0.0)
    ├── mkdirp@0.5.0 (minimist@0.0.8)
    ├── promptly@0.2.0 (read@1.0.5)
    ├── fstream-ignore@1.0.1 (inherits@2.0.1, minimatch@1.0.0)
    ├── chalk@0.5.0 (escape-string-regexp@1.0.2, ansi-styles@1.1.0, supports-color@0.2.0, strip- ansi@0.3.0, has-ansi@0.1.0)
    ├── bower-config@0.5.2 (osenv@0.0.3, graceful-fs@2.0.3, optimist@0.6.1)
    ├── glob@4.0.6 (inherits@2.0.1, minimatch@1.0.0, once@1.3.1)
    ├── tar-fs@0.5.2 (pump@0.3.5, tar-stream@0.4.7)
    ├── decompress-zip@0.0.8 (nopt@2.2.1, mkpath@0.1.0, touch@0.0.2, readable-stream@1.1.13, binary@0.3.0)
    ├── request@2.42.0 (caseless@0.6.0, json-stringify-safe@5.0.0, aws-sign2@0.5.0, forever-agent@0.5.2, stringstream@0.0.4, oauth-sign@0.4.0, tunnel-agent@0.4.0, node-uuid@1.4.1, qs@1.2.2, mime-types@1.0.2, bl@0.9.3, form-data@0.1.4, tough-cookie@0.12.1, http-signature@0.10.0, hawk@1.1.1)
    ├── mout@0.9.1
    ├── cardinal@0.4.0 (redeyed@0.4.4)
    ├── bower-registry-client@0.2.1 (graceful-fs@2.0.3, request-replay@0.2.0, lru-cache@2.3.1, async@0.2.10, mkdirp@0.3.5, request@2.27.0)
    ├── update-notifier@0.2.0 (semver-diff@0.1.0, string-length@0.1.2, latest-version@0.2.0, configstore@0.3.1)
    ├── inquirer@0.7.1 (figures@1.3.3, mute-stream@0.0.4, through@2.3.6, readline2@0.1.0, lodash@2.4.1, rx@2.3.12, cli-color@0.3.2)
    ├── handlebars@2.0.0 (optimist@0.3.7, uglify-js@2.3.6)
    └── insight@0.4.3 (object-assign@1.0.0, async@0.9.0, chalk@0.5.1, os-name@1.0.1, lodash.debounce@2.4.1, tough-cookie@0.12.1, configstore@0.3.1, inquirer@0.6.0)

================================ However, the above is not a proper solution. When I try running a check to see if bower is installed like by typing bower -v or bower --version or any other bower command, I get "command not found." What is going on?

UPDATE 10/11/14

So nothing I have tried so far has given me the ability to run the command 'npm install -g bower.' Out of curiosity, as I have mentioned before, I have ran the 'sudo npm install -g bower command' which appeared to install bower. However, typing any bower commands still yields 'command not found.' Upon trying sudo bower commands leads to 'command not found' as well. What I do not understand though is that when I run the command 'npm ls' to look at what the NPM has installed, I interestingly have a list of the following installed packages. You do not need to read the list as it is long, but take note of how the first item appears to be bower. If this is true, and it means that bower was in fact installed by npm, why therefore, are bower commands not working?

    /Users/myname.
    ├─┬ bower@1.3.12
    │ ├── abbrev@1.0.5
    │ ├── archy@0.0.2
    │ ├─┬ bower-config@0.5.2
    │ │ ├── graceful-fs@2.0.3
    │ │ ├─┬ optimist@0.6.1
    │ │ │ ├── minimist@0.0.10
    │ │ │ └── wordwrap@0.0.2
    │ │ └── osenv@0.0.3
    │ ├── bower-endpoint-parser@0.2.2
    │ ├─┬ bower-json@0.4.0
    │ │ ├── deep-extend@0.2.11
    │ │ ├── graceful-fs@2.0.3
    │ │ └── intersect@0.0.3
    │ ├── bower-logger@0.2.2
    │ ├─┬ bower-registry-client@0.2.1
    │ │ ├── async@0.2.10
    │ │ ├── graceful-fs@2.0.3
    │ │ ├── lru-cache@2.3.1
    │ │ ├── mkdirp@0.3.5
    │ │ ├─┬ request@2.27.0
    │ │ │ ├── aws-sign@0.3.0
    │ │ │ ├── cookie-jar@0.3.0
    │ │ │ ├── forever-agent@0.5.2
    │ │ │ ├─┬ form-data@0.1.4
    │ │ │ │ ├── async@0.9.0
    │ │ │ │ └─┬ combined-stream@0.0.5
    │ │ │ │   └── delayed-stream@0.0.5
    │ │ │ ├─┬ hawk@1.0.0
    │ │ │ │ ├── boom@0.4.2
    │ │ │ │ ├── cryptiles@0.2.2
    │ │ │ │ ├── hoek@0.9.1
    │ │ │ │ └── sntp@0.2.4
    │ │ │ ├─┬ http-signature@0.10.0
    │ │ │ │ ├── asn1@0.1.11
    │ │ │ │ ├── assert-plus@0.1.2
    │ │ │ │ └── ctype@0.5.2
    │ │ │ ├── json-stringify-safe@5.0.0
    │ │ │ ├── mime@1.2.11
    │ │ │ ├── node-uuid@1.4.1
    │ │ │ ├── oauth-sign@0.3.0
    │ │ │ ├── qs@0.6.6
    │ │ │ └── tunnel-agent@0.3.0
    │ │ └── request-replay@0.2.0
    │ ├─┬ cardinal@0.4.0
    │ │ └─┬ redeyed@0.4.4
    │ │   └── esprima@1.0.4
    │ ├─┬ chalk@0.5.0
    │ │ ├── ansi-styles@1.1.0
    │ │ ├── escape-string-regexp@1.0.2
    │ │ ├─┬ has-ansi@0.1.0
    │ │ │ └── ansi-regex@0.2.1
    │ │ ├─┬ strip-ansi@0.3.0
    │ │ │ └── ansi-regex@0.2.1
    │ │ └── supports-color@0.2.0
    │ ├── chmodr@0.1.0
    │ ├─┬ decompress-zip@0.0.8
    │ │ ├─┬ binary@0.3.0
    │ │ │ ├── buffers@0.1.1
    │ │ │ └─┬ chainsaw@0.1.0
    │ │ │   └── traverse@0.3.9
    │ │ ├── mkpath@0.1.0
    │ │ ├── nopt@2.2.1
    │ │ ├─┬ readable-stream@1.1.13
    │ │ │ ├── core-util-is@1.0.1
    │ │ │ ├── inherits@2.0.1
    │ │ │ ├── isarray@0.0.1
    │ │ │ └── string_decoder@0.10.31
    │ │ └─┬ touch@0.0.2
    │ │   └── nopt@1.0.10
    │ ├─┬ fstream@1.0.2
    │ │ └── inherits@2.0.1
    │ ├─┬ fstream-ignore@1.0.1
    │ │ ├── inherits@2.0.1
    │ │ └─┬ minimatch@1.0.0
    │ │   └── sigmund@1.0.0
    │ ├─┬ glob@4.0.6
    │ │ ├── inherits@2.0.1
    │ │ ├─┬ minimatch@1.0.0
    │ │ │ └── sigmund@1.0.0
    │ │ └─┬ once@1.3.1
    │ │   └── wrappy@1.0.1
    │ ├── graceful-fs@3.0.3
    │ ├─┬ handlebars@2.0.0
    │ │ ├─┬ optimist@0.3.7
    │ │ │ └── wordwrap@0.0.2
    │ │ └─┬ uglify-js@2.3.6
    │ │   ├── async@0.2.10
    │ │   └─┬ source-map@0.1.40
    │ │     └── amdefine@0.1.0
    │ ├─┬ inquirer@0.7.1
    │ │ ├─┬ cli-color@0.3.2
    │ │ │ ├── d@0.1.1
    │ │ │ ├─┬ es5-ext@0.10.4
    │ │ │ │ ├── es6-iterator@0.1.1
    │ │ │ │ └── es6-symbol@0.1.1
    │ │ │ ├─┬ memoizee@0.3.8
    │ │ │ │ ├─┬ es6-weak-map@0.1.2
    │ │ │ │ │ ├── es6-iterator@0.1.1
    │ │ │ │ │ └── es6-symbol@0.1.1
    │ │ │ │ ├── event-emitter@0.3.1
    │ │ │ │ ├── lru-queue@0.1.0
    │ │ │ │ └── next-tick@0.2.2
    │ │ │ └─┬ timers-ext@0.1.0
    │ │ │   └── next-tick@0.2.2
    │ │ ├── figures@1.3.3
    │ │ ├── lodash@2.4.1
    │ │ ├── mute-stream@0.0.4
    │ │ ├─┬ readline2@0.1.0
    │ │ │ └─┬ chalk@0.4.0
    │ │ │   ├── ansi-styles@1.0.0
    │ │ │   ├── has-color@0.1.7
    │ │ │   └── strip-ansi@0.1.1
    │ │ ├── rx@2.3.12
    │ │ └── through@2.3.6
    │ ├─┬ insight@0.4.3
    │ │ ├── async@0.9.0
    │ │ ├─┬ chalk@0.5.1
    │ │ │ ├── ansi-styles@1.1.0
    │ │ │ ├── escape-string-regexp@1.0.2
    │ │ │ ├─┬ has-ansi@0.1.0
    │ │ │ │ └── ansi-regex@0.2.1
    │ │ │ ├─┬ strip-ansi@0.3.0
    │ │ │ │ └── ansi-regex@0.2.1
    │ │ │ └── supports-color@0.2.0
    │ │ ├─┬ configstore@0.3.1
    │ │ │ ├─┬ js-yaml@3.0.2
    │ │ │ │ ├─┬ argparse@0.1.15
    │ │ │ │ │ ├── underscore@1.4.4
    │ │ │ │ │ └── underscore.string@2.3.3
    │ │ │ │ └── esprima@1.0.4
    │ │ │ ├── object-assign@0.3.1
    │ │ │ └── uuid@1.4.2
    │ │ ├─┬ inquirer@0.6.0
    │ │ │ ├─┬ cli-color@0.3.2
    │ │ │ │ ├── d@0.1.1
    │ │ │ │ ├─┬ es5-ext@0.10.4
    │ │ │ │ │ ├── es6-iterator@0.1.1
    │ │ │ │ │ └── es6-symbol@0.1.1
    │ │ │ │ ├─┬ memoizee@0.3.8
    │ │ │ │ │ ├─┬ es6-weak-map@0.1.2
    │ │ │ │ │ │ ├── es6-iterator@0.1.1
    │ │ │ │ │ │ └── es6-symbol@0.1.1
    │ │ │ │ │ ├── event-emitter@0.3.1
    │ │ │ │ │ ├── lru-queue@0.1.0
    │ │ │ │ │ └── next-tick@0.2.2
    │ │ │ │ └─┬ timers-ext@0.1.0
    │ │ │ │   └── next-tick@0.2.2
    │ │ │ ├── lodash@2.4.1
    │ │ │ ├── mute-stream@0.0.4
    │ │ │ ├─┬ readline2@0.1.0
    │ │ │ │ └─┬ chalk@0.4.0
    │ │ │ │   ├── ansi-styles@1.0.0
    │ │ │ │   ├── has-color@0.1.7
    │ │ │ │   └── strip-ansi@0.1.1
    │ │ │ ├── rx@2.3.12
    │ │ │ └── through@2.3.6
    │ │ ├─┬ lodash.debounce@2.4.1
    │ │ │ ├── lodash.isfunction@2.4.1
    │ │ │ ├─┬ lodash.isobject@2.4.1
    │ │ │ │ └── lodash._objecttypes@2.4.1
    │ │ │ └─┬ lodash.now@2.4.1
    │ │ │   └── lodash._isnative@2.4.1
    │ │ ├── object-assign@1.0.0
    │ │ ├─┬ os-name@1.0.1
    │ │ │ ├── minimist@1.1.0
    │ │ │ └── osx-release@1.0.0
    │ │ └─┬ tough-cookie@0.12.1
    │ │   └── punycode@1.3.1
    │ ├── is-root@1.0.0
    │ ├── junk@1.0.0
    │ ├── lockfile@1.0.0
    │ ├── lru-cache@2.5.0
    │ ├─┬ mkdirp@0.5.0
    │ │ └── minimist@0.0.8
    │ ├── mout@0.9.1
    │ ├── nopt@3.0.1
    │ ├── opn@1.0.0
    │ ├── osenv@0.1.0
    │ ├─┬ p-throttler@0.1.0
    │ │ └── q@0.9.7
    │ ├─┬ promptly@0.2.0
    │ │ └─┬ read@1.0.5
    │ │   └── mute-stream@0.0.4
    │ ├── q@1.0.1
    │ ├─┬ request@2.42.0
    │ │ ├── aws-sign2@0.5.0
    │ │ ├─┬ bl@0.9.3
    │ │ │ └─┬ readable-stream@1.0.33-1
    │ │ │   ├── core-util-is@1.0.1
    │ │ │   ├── inherits@2.0.1
    │ │ │   ├── isarray@0.0.1
    │ │ │   └── string_decoder@0.10.31
    │ │ ├── caseless@0.6.0
    │ │ ├── forever-agent@0.5.2
    │ │ ├─┬ form-data@0.1.4
    │ │ │ ├── async@0.9.0
    │ │ │ ├─┬ combined-stream@0.0.5
    │ │ │ │ └── delayed-stream@0.0.5
    │ │ │ └── mime@1.2.11
    │ │ ├─┬ hawk@1.1.1
    │ │ │ ├── boom@0.4.2
    │ │ │ ├── cryptiles@0.2.2
    │ │ │ ├── hoek@0.9.1
    │ │ │ └── sntp@0.2.4
    │ │ ├─┬ http-signature@0.10.0
    │ │ │ ├── asn1@0.1.11
    │ │ │ ├── assert-plus@0.1.2
    │ │ │ └── ctype@0.5.2
    │ │ ├── json-stringify-safe@5.0.0
    │ │ ├── mime-types@1.0.2
    │ │ ├── node-uuid@1.4.1
    │ │ ├── oauth-sign@0.4.0
    │ │ ├── qs@1.2.2
    │ │ ├── stringstream@0.0.4
    │ │ ├─┬ tough-cookie@0.12.1
    │ │ │ └── punycode@1.3.1
    │ │ └── tunnel-agent@0.4.0
    │ ├─┬ request-progress@0.3.0
    │ │ └── throttleit@0.0.2
    │ ├── retry@0.6.0
    │ ├── rimraf@2.2.8
    │ ├── semver@2.3.2
    │ ├─┬ shell-quote@1.4.2
    │ │ ├── array-filter@0.0.1
    │ │ ├── array-map@0.0.0
    │ │ ├── array-reduce@0.0.0
    │ │ └── jsonify@0.0.0
    │ ├── stringify-object@1.0.0
    │ ├─┬ tar-fs@0.5.2
    │ │ ├─┬ pump@0.3.5
    │ │ │ ├─┬ end-of-stream@1.0.0
    │ │ │ │ └─┬ once@1.3.1
    │ │ │ │   └── wrappy@1.0.1
    │ │ │ └── once@1.2.0
    │ │ └─┬ tar-stream@0.4.7
    │ │   ├── bl@0.9.3
    │ │   ├─┬ end-of-stream@1.1.0
    │ │   │ └─┬ once@1.3.1
    │ │   │   └── wrappy@1.0.1
    │ │   ├─┬ readable-stream@1.0.33-1
    │ │   │ ├── core-util-is@1.0.1
    │ │   │ ├── inherits@2.0.1
    │ │   │ ├── isarray@0.0.1
    │ │   │ └── string_decoder@0.10.31
    │ │   └── xtend@4.0.0
    │ ├── tmp@0.0.23
    │ ├─┬ update-notifier@0.2.0
    │ │ ├─┬ configstore@0.3.1
    │ │ │ ├─┬ js-yaml@3.0.2
    │ │ │ │ ├─┬ argparse@0.1.15
    │ │ │ │ │ ├── underscore@1.4.4
    │ │ │ │ │ └── underscore.string@2.3.3
    │ │ │ │ └── esprima@1.0.4
    │ │ │ ├── object-assign@0.3.1
    │ │ │ └── uuid@1.4.2
    │ │ ├─┬ latest-version@0.2.0
    │ │ │ └─┬ package-json@0.2.0
    │ │ │   ├─┬ got@0.3.0
    │ │ │   │ └── object-assign@0.3.1
    │ │ │   └─┬ registry-url@0.1.1
    │ │ │     └─┬ npmconf@2.1.1
    │ │ │       ├─┬ config-chain@1.1.8
    │ │ │       │ └── proto-list@1.2.3
    │ │ │       ├── inherits@2.0.1
    │ │ │       ├── ini@1.3.0
    │ │ │       ├─┬ once@1.3.1
    │ │ │       │ └── wrappy@1.0.1
    │ │ │       └── uid-number@0.0.5
    │ │ ├── semver-diff@0.1.0
    │ │ └─┬ string-length@0.1.2
    │ │   └─┬ strip-ansi@0.2.2
    │ │     └── ansi-regex@0.1.0
    │ └── which@1.0.5
    ├─┬ easyimage@1.0.3
    │ └── q@1.0.1
    ├─┬ grunt@0.4.5
    │ ├── async@0.1.22
    │ ├── coffee-script@1.3.3
    │ ├── colors@0.6.2
    │ ├── dateformat@1.0.2-1.2.3
    │ ├── eventemitter2@0.4.14
    │ ├── exit@0.1.2
    │ ├─┬ findup-sync@0.1.3
    │ │ ├─┬ glob@3.2.11
    │ │ │ ├── inherits@2.0.1
    │ │ │ └─┬ minimatch@0.3.0
    │ │ │   ├── lru-cache@2.5.0
    │ │ │   └── sigmund@1.0.0
    │ │ └── lodash@2.4.1
    │ ├── getobject@0.1.0
    │ ├─┬ glob@3.1.21
    │ │ ├── graceful-fs@1.2.3
    │ │ └── inherits@1.0.0
    │ ├─┬ grunt-legacy-log@0.1.1
    │ │ ├── lodash@2.4.1
    │ │ └── underscore.string@2.3.3
    │ ├── grunt-legacy-util@0.2.0
    │ ├── hooker@0.2.3
    │ ├── iconv-lite@0.2.11
    │ ├─┬ js-yaml@2.0.5
    │ │ ├─┬ argparse@0.1.15
    │ │ │ ├── underscore@1.4.4
    │ │ │ └── underscore.string@2.3.3
    │ │ └── esprima@1.0.4
    │ ├── lodash@0.9.2
    │ ├─┬ minimatch@0.2.14
    │ │ ├── lru-cache@2.5.0
    │ │ └── sigmund@1.0.0
    │ ├─┬ nopt@1.0.10
    │ │ └── abbrev@1.0.5
    │ ├── rimraf@2.2.8
    │ ├── underscore.string@2.2.1
    │ └── which@1.0.5
    └─┬ grunt-bower-install@1.6.0
      ├─┬ bower-config@0.5.2
      │ ├── graceful-fs@2.0.3
      │ ├── mout@0.9.1
      │ ├─┬ optimist@0.6.1
      │ │ ├── minimist@0.0.10
      │ │ └── wordwrap@0.0.2
      │ └── osenv@0.0.3
      └─┬ wiredep@1.5.0
        ├─┬ chalk@0.1.1
        │ ├── ansi-styles@0.1.2
        │ └── has-color@0.1.7
        ├─┬ glob@3.2.11
        │ ├── inherits@2.0.1
        │ └─┬ minimatch@0.3.0
        │   ├── lru-cache@2.5.0
        │   └── sigmund@1.0.0
        ├── lodash@1.3.1
        └─┬ through2@0.4.2
          ├─┬ readable-stream@1.0.33-1
          │ ├── core-util-is@1.0.1
          │ ├── inherits@2.0.1
          │ ├── isarray@0.0.1
          │ └── string_decoder@0.10.31
          └─┬ xtend@2.1.2
            └── object-keys@0.4.0

user3731073 · Accepted Answer

This worked for me:

I basically gave my user permissions to the directory mentioned right after this -> stack Error: EACCES, unlink..., in your case it would be something like sudo chown -R USERNAME /Users/myname/.

For people who are new to this, don't forget to change USERNAME in the command above with your own, if you don't know your username, simply run whoami to get it.

After that you can install any package without the need to use sudo, npm install -g SomePackage.

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