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How to use npm global without sudo on OSX
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Checking Your Files When you are done, you should have a files that looks something like the following:

~/.npmrc prefix="${HOME}/.npm-packages"

~/.bashrc NPM_PACKAGES="${HOME}/.npm-packages"
NODE_PATH="$NPM_PACKAGES/lib/node_modules:$NODE_PATH"
PATH="$NPM_PACKAGES/bin:$PATH"

~/.bash_profile Make sure you have the source ~/.bashrc in your ~/.bash_profile

To see the files beginning with . such as .bashrc and .npmrc you need to show hidden files for OSX. In terminal run the following command: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES Verification

Run these commands to test if you were successful:

Run node -v to see the version of node Run npm -v to see the version of npm Run npm list -g --depth=0 to see the global npm packages you have installed (should just be npm right now)

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