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Remove need for sudo for npm install -g and yarn global add

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This just follows Option 2 in this tutorial: https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions

The only difference is not using ~ because I read somewhere something chokes on it sometimes. So $HOME.

mkdir ~/.npm-global
npm config set prefix $HOME/.npm-global

in ~/.bashrc:

export PATH="$HOME/.npm-global/bin:$PATH"

This was done in a rage of frustration where I ended up wiping out all node/npm existence before finding something that works, so I have no idea if just following this will work on a machine that already has stuff installed via npm/yarn. If it does, please let me know.

rulatir commented Jan 17, 2021

Does it really work with yarn too?