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[BUG] EACCES error with npm remove on npm@7.7.0 #2928

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erunion opened this issue Mar 23, 2021 · 3 comments · Fixed by #2930
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[BUG] EACCES error with npm remove on npm@7.7.0 #2928

erunion opened this issue Mar 23, 2021 · 3 comments · Fixed by #2930
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Bug thing that needs fixing Priority 0 will get attention right away Release 7.x work is associated with a specific npm 7 release

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erunion commented Mar 23, 2021

Current Behavior:

$ npm remove react
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! syscall open
npm ERR! path /usr/local/package-lock.json
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/usr/local/package-lock.json'
npm ERR!  [Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/usr/local/package-lock.json'] {
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'open',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/package-lock.json'
npm ERR! }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! The operation was rejected by your operating system.
npm ERR! It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/jon/.npm/_logs/2021-03-23T21_03_16_479Z-debug.log

Expected Behavior:

Package should be removed.

Running npm install -g npm@7.6 and re-running npm remove react I do not get this error.

Steps To Reproduce:

  1. npm install -g npm@7.7
  2. npm remove any package
  3. See error

Environment:

  • OS: OSX 10.14.6
  • Node: 14.15.1
  • npm: 7.7.0
@erunion erunion added Bug thing that needs fixing Needs Triage needs review for next steps Release 7.x work is associated with a specific npm 7 release labels Mar 23, 2021
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T00rk commented Mar 23, 2021

Same problem

@ruyadorno ruyadorno added Priority 0 will get attention right away and removed Needs Triage needs review for next steps labels Mar 24, 2021
@ruyadorno ruyadorno linked a pull request Mar 24, 2021 that will close this issue
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fixed in npm@7.7.1, thanks for the quick report @erunion

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erunion commented Mar 24, 2021

ty @ruyadorno! glad it wasn't just me 😄

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