Permission access error while installing Firebase tools/CLI

Question

I am trying to download Firebase CLI in the terminal by entering npm install -g firebase-tools and I get the error below, ( i have also tried sudo npm install -g firebase-tools to no avail). Who can see what is going wrong?

Bens-MBP:Grapevine2019 benpalmer$ npm install -g firebase-tools npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/firebase-tools npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/firebase-tools npm ERR! code EACCES npm ERR! errno -13 npm ERR! syscall access npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/firebase-tools' npm ERR! { Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/firebase-tools' npm ERR! stack: 'Error: EACCES: permission denied, access \'/usr/local/lib/node_modules/firebase-tools\'', npm ERR! errno: -13, npm ERR! code: 'EACCES', npm ERR! syscall: 'access', npm ERR! path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/firebase-tools' } npm ERR! npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /Users/benpalmer/.npm/_logs/2018-05-26T11_52_59_346Z-debug.log Bens-MBP:Grapevine2019 benpalmer$

Answer 1

You could try running this command as an administrator, or check the documentations from npm about preventing permission errors. https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions