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How to get ownership of the .npm directory
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npm without sudo
// Don’t ever use npm with sudo (eg: sudo npm install) except if you want to install a package.
// Problem is permissions issue in your our Home directory.
// reclaim ownership of the .npm directory.
sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm
// the write permission in node_modules directory:
sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/lib/node_modules
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