angular-cli: Installation error: permission denied for node-sas

Installation error (node-sass) with:

node version 8.1.2 npm version 5.0.3

I recently updated node from 7.5.0 to 8.1.2 (with nvm). Installing the latest @angular/cli now results in this error:

The log given by the failure.

> node-sass@4.5.3 install /Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-sass
> node scripts/install.js

Unable to save binary /Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-sass/vendor/darwin-x64-57 : { Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-sass/vendor'
    at Object.fs.mkdirSync (fs.js:890:18)
    at sync (/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:71:13)
    at Function.sync (/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:77:24)
    at checkAndDownloadBinary (/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-sass/scripts/install.js:111:11)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-sass/scripts/install.js:154:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
  errno: -13,
  code: 'EACCES',
  syscall: 'mkdir',
  path: '/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-sass/vendor' }

> fsevents@1.1.2 install /Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/fsevents
> node install

[fsevents] Success: "/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v57-darwin-x64/fse.node" already installed
Pass --update-binary to reinstall or --build-from-source to recompile

> node-sass@4.5.3 postinstall /Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-sass
> node scripts/build.js

Building: /Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/bin/node /Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js rebuild --verbose --libsass_ext= --libsass_cflags= --libsass_ldflags= --libsass_library=
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp verb cli [ '/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/bin/node',
gyp verb cli   '/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js',
gyp verb cli   'rebuild',
gyp verb cli   '--verbose',
gyp verb cli   '--libsass_ext=',
gyp verb cli   '--libsass_cflags=',
gyp verb cli   '--libsass_ldflags=',
gyp verb cli   '--libsass_library=' ]
gyp info using node-gyp@3.6.2
gyp info using node@8.1.2 | darwin | x64
gyp verb command rebuild []
gyp verb command clean []
gyp verb clean removing "build" directory
gyp verb command configure []
gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "python2" in the PATH
gyp verb `which` failed Error: not found: python2
gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/which/which.js:13:12)
gyp verb `which` failed     at F (/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/which/which.js:68:19)
gyp verb `which` failed     at E (/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/which/which.js:80:29)
gyp verb `which` failed     at /Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/which/which.js:89:16
gyp verb `which` failed     at /Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/isexe/index.js:42:5
gyp verb `which` failed     at /Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/isexe/mode.js:8:5
gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21)
gyp verb `which` failed  python2 { Error: not found: python2
gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/which/which.js:13:12)
gyp verb `which` failed     at F (/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/which/which.js:68:19)
gyp verb `which` failed     at E (/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/which/which.js:80:29)
gyp verb `which` failed     at /Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/which/which.js:89:16
gyp verb `which` failed     at /Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/isexe/index.js:42:5
gyp verb `which` failed     at /Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/isexe/mode.js:8:5
gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21)
gyp verb `which` failed   stack: 'Error: not found: python2\n    at getNotFoundError (/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/which/which.js:13:12)\n    at F (/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/which/which.js:68:19)\n    at E (/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/which/which.js:80:29)\n    at /Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/which/which.js:89:16\n    at /Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/isexe/index.js:42:5\n    at /Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/isexe/mode.js:8:5\n    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21)',
gyp verb `which` failed   code: 'ENOENT' }
gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "python" in the PATH
gyp verb `which` succeeded python /usr/bin/python
gyp verb check python version `/usr/bin/python -c "import platform; print(platform.python_version());"` returned: "2.7.10\n"
gyp verb get node dir no --target version specified, falling back to host node version: 8.1.2
gyp verb command install [ '8.1.2' ]
gyp verb install input version string "8.1.2"
gyp verb install installing version: 8.1.2
gyp verb install --ensure was passed, so won't reinstall if already installed
gyp verb install version is already installed, need to check "installVersion"
gyp verb got "installVersion" 9
gyp verb needs "installVersion" 9
gyp verb install version is good
gyp verb get node dir target node version installed: 8.1.2
gyp verb build dir attempting to create "build" dir: /Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-sass/build
gyp ERR! configure error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-sass/build'
gyp ERR! System Darwin 16.6.0
gyp ERR! command "/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/bin/node" "/Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--verbose" "--libsass_ext=" "--libsass_cflags=" "--libsass_ldflags=" "--libsass_library="
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/macliems/.nvm/versions/node/v8.1.2/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-sass
gyp ERR! node -v v8.1.2
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2
gyp ERR! not ok 
Build failed with error code: 1
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: node-sass@4.5.3 (node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-sass):
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: node-sass@4.5.3 postinstall: `node scripts/build.js`
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1

About this issue

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  • State: closed
  • Created 7 years ago
  • Reactions: 34
  • Comments: 35 (2 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm --verbose @angular/cli

+226
d668 on Jan 20, 2018

Agreed, check out: https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions

+51
ddimaria on Jul 10, 2017

Run following commands npm i -g npm-check-updates npm-check-updates -u npm install

+47
pushkalb123 on Jan 22, 2018

" npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-sass " . solved the issue.

+41
rahul-ratra on Jun 15, 2018

I was getting the same frustrating error, it’s definitely a permissions issue. If you’ve been using NPM with sudo for a while and don’t want to go through the hassle of reinstalling everything (at least not right in the middle of a project) I think I found a quick fix.

node-sass refused to install whether I used sudo or not, so I looked at my project directory - ls -ahl and saw that my node_modules directory was set to user root I’m assuming as a consequence of using sudo. I ran a sudo chown yourname:yourgroup node_modules where yourname/yourgroup is the name/group of all your other non-root controlled files and then ran (without sudo) npm i node-sass -D

This did the trick. Just a suggested shortcut.

+41
jcicero518 on May 2, 2018

npm install --unsafe-perm --force

+25
damanwiththeplan on Aug 9, 2018

I run chown it’s worked sudo chown -r XXX /usr/lib/node_modules/ or sudo chown -r XXX /usr/lib/node_modules/@angular/ if not it might chgrp sudo chgrp -r XXX /usr/lib/node_modules/

+21
thanhtung90 on Dec 23, 2017

I solved this by simply yarn add node-sass

+8
saadbinsaeed on Jun 11, 2018

Closing as a duplicate of #6800.

+7
Brocco on Jul 17, 2017

May want to check out #6800

+7
jiverson on Jun 30, 2017

You Need: sudo npm install node-gyp -g

+6
amartinezh on Jul 25, 2018

I had the same issue on MacOs. I fixed.

@bhumin3i

try this install first node-gyp sudo npm install node-gyp -g and then install or update the angular sudo npm install -g -f @angular/cli@latest

this was my error in a loop

gyp verb command install [ ‘9.4.0’ ] gyp verb install input version string “9.4.0” gyp verb install installing version: 9.4.0 gyp verb install --ensure was passed, so won’t reinstall if already installed gyp verb install version not already installed, continuing with install 9.4.0 gyp verb ensuring nodedir is created /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-sass/.node-gyp/9.4.0 gyp WARN EACCES user “root” does not have permission to access the dev dir “/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-sass/.node-gyp/9.4.0” gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir “/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-sass/.node-gyp” gyp verb tmpdir == cwd automatically will remove dev files after to save disk space

+4
ediman3d on Jan 30, 2018

I had problem to install by Docker container I got the error:

gyp WARN EACCES user "undefined" does not have permission to access the dev dir "/app/node_modules/node-sass/.node-gyp/8.9.1"

Then I added in my Dockerfile:

USER root

# after node installation:
RUN npm config set user root

I think even you aren’t using Docker, you can run npm config set user <your-user> that will work.

+2
rafaelrpbelo on Dec 23, 2018

I solved it by:

  • In the project folder go to node_modules in Finder (on Mac),
  • Get the folder properties using Cmd i
  • Go to Sharing & Permissions
  • Change all permissions from the bottom table to Read & Write
  • Select Apply to enclosed items... from the setting menu under the permission table

This might be a temporary fix until I find a better one.

+2
A-lee-201 on Sep 17, 2018

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm --verbose @angular/cli

instead of this just try to install everything as non-root user

+1
codenpk on Jul 31, 2019

@Mona-Superscientist Are you using the yarn? Try upgrading it to latest version. But first try it by removing your lock file and reinstalling the node modules

+1
saadbinsaeed on Jun 14, 2018

@pushkalb123

and you see in log:

...
gyp ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/node-sass/build'
...

[npm-check] Update complete!
[npm-check] @angular/cli@1.6.5

😭

+1
WuglyakBolgoink on Jan 24, 2018
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