running npm without root

npm_without_root

https://www.competa.com/blog/how-to-run-npm-without-sudo/

npm config set prefix ~/.npm

# open your .bashrc (Linux) or .bash_profile (Mac) file for editing:
nano ~/.bashrc # for Linux
# or...
nano ~/.bash_profile # for Mac if you haven't created a .bashrc file

# add these lines:
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/npm/bin"
export NODE_PATH="$NODE_PATH:$HOME/npm/lib/node_modules"

# save the file and then enter this command to make the changes take effect:
. ~/.bashrc
# or...
. ~/.bash_profile


# optionally check to see if anything is owned by root:
ls -la ~/.npm

# take ownership of everything in your ~/.npm directory (must be run with sudo):
sudo chown -R $USER:`id -g -n $USER` ~/.npm