Yeoman can never install generators

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I'm having a problem with yeoman on a couple platforms (Mac OS, Ubuntu).

Basically, the conundrum is that yo can never install generators because it tries to use the -g option but it needs root access in order to do that. However, you cannot run sudo yo. I imagine the "update generators" option would probably fail as well.

How do I fix it so I can do everything I need within yo, instead of quitting and manually running sudo npm install -g generator-webapp (e.g.)?

Eduardo Chongkan · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-12 19:49:43Z

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I was having the same problem in my work laptop with MAC OS, I changed the owner and group of the .npm folder: /Users/eduardoc/.npm, to match my username and group. The -g option worked perfectly after that.

answered Oct 12, 2013 at 19:49

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Whellow Over a year ago

Is there a reason why npm installs with root as the owner instead of your user, and is it a "Bad Idea" to make this change?

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