Solved: Error: EACCES: permission denied

17th March 2019

How to solve Error: EACCES: permission denied

If you encounter “Error: EACCES: permission denied” while installing Typescript or any other program, it is due to permission problem.

How to solve this problem

1. Press Command + Shift + C (to open the computer directory)
   
2. Press Command + Shift + . (to view all the hidden files)
   
3. Go to the directory “/usr/local/lib/node_modules”
   
4. Click on the folder and right click Get info
   
5. Click the lock at the bottom right
   
6. Key in your window password to unlock
   
7. Check both the value of Wheel and Everyone to Read & Write
   
8. Go back to your terminal and try to install the Typescript again
   
9. Check back both the value of Wheel and Everyone to Read Only and lock back
   

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