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Asked: 2026-05-31T01:02:45+00:00

Possible Duplicate: error installing coffeescript on mac 10.7.2 At the moment, I am trying

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error installing coffeescript on mac 10.7.2

At the moment, I am trying to install CoffeeScript on my computer. I have node.js version 0.6.7 and npm 1.1.0-beta-10. When i run the command npm install -g coffee-script, it shows this error. 

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/coffee-script
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/coffee-script
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/coffee-script/-/coffee-script-1.2.0.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/coffee-script/-/coffee-script-1.2.0.tgz
npm ERR! Could not create /usr/local/lib/node_modules/___coffee-script.npm
npm ERR! error installing coffee-script@1.2.0
npm ERR! Error: EACCES, permission denied '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/___coffee-script.npm'
npm ERR! Report this *entire* log at:
npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR!     <npm-@googlegroups.com>
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! System Darwin 11.0.1
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "coffee-script"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/Solomon
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.7
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-beta-10
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/___coffee-script.npm
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! message EACCES, permission denied '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/___coffee-script.npm'
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/Solomon/npm-debug.log

How do I fix this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Error: EACCES, permission denied ‘/usr/local/lib/node_modules/___coffee-script.npm’

    That means you dont have access, so run as root

    $ sudo npm install -g coffee-script

    (Bonus points for alternatively, not using coffeescript (it’s a horrible thing))

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