Warning "root" does not have permission to access the dev dir #454

[cliveb]

tjwebb opened this issue on Jun 7, 2014 - still open April 7, 2015

#454

NodeSchool is using node-gyp newbs are coming across the issue.

Install the core workshops with these commands:
npm install -g learnyounode
npm install -g javascripting
npm install -g git-it
npm install -g how-to-npm
npm install -g stream-adventure

[ngonzalvez]

I had the same problem. The solution was to give my user access to the folder where npm was installed.

I fixed it with:
sudo chown -R $USER which npm

[leecade]

+1

@kryz not works for me,

iojs v2.2.1

[aleclarson]

No solution found for iojs v1.6.2. I switched to node v0.12.4 and the installation worked.