wsl npm install EACCES: permission denied 错误解决方法

Mon, 18 May 2020 20:39:00 +0800

问题

在 WSL 里使用 npm install 安装包的时候出现如下的权限错误：

root@pi ~# npm install -g npm
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! syscall rename
npm ERR! path /usr/lib/node_modules/.staging/npm-18aca6f9/node_modules/yargs
npm ERR! dest /usr/lib/node_modules/.staging/yargs-765698bc
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, rename '/usr/lib/node_modules/.staging/npm-18aca6f9/node_modules/yargs' -> '/usr/lib/node_modules/.staging/yargs-765698bc'
npm ERR!  [OperationalError: EACCES: permission denied, rename '/usr/lib/node_modules/.staging/npm-18aca6f9/node_modules/yargs' -> '/usr/lib/node_modules/.staging/yargs-765698bc'] {
npm ERR!   cause: [Error: EACCES: permission denied, rename '/usr/lib/node_modules/.staging/npm-18aca6f9/node_modules/yargs' -> '/usr/lib/node_modules/.staging/yargs-765698bc'] {
npm ERR!     errno: -13,
npm ERR!     code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!     syscall: 'rename',
npm ERR!     path: '/usr/lib/node_modules/.staging/npm-18aca6f9/node_modules/yargs',
npm ERR!     dest: '/usr/lib/node_modules/.staging/yargs-765698bc'
npm ERR!   },
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'rename',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/lib/node_modules/.staging/npm-18aca6f9/node_modules/yargs',
npm ERR!   dest: '/usr/lib/node_modules/.staging/yargs-765698bc'
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!     /root/.npm/_logs/2020-05-18T14_52_40_128Z-debug.log

我已经是 root 用户了，文件夹的权限也没什么问题，所以这个错误很是费解，查询了一大圈后，最终解决了问题，这里记录一下可能出现的解决方法。

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wsl npm install EACCES: permission denied 错误解决方法

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