How to install node-gyp in Linux?
javascript, node.js
Solution
`npm install -g` installs a package for all users. Therefore, you need administrator rights to install it. Try
sudo npm install -g node-gyp
Problem
``` user@user-VirtualBox:~/express$ npm install -g node-gyp npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp/-/node-gyp-0.6.3.tgz npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp/-/node-gyp-0.6.3.tgz npm ERR! Could not create /usr/local/lib/node_modules/___node-gyp.npm npm ERR! error installing node-gyp@0.6.3 npm ERR! Error: EACCES, permission denied '/usr/local/lib/node_modules' npm ERR! npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator. npm ERR! npm ERR! System Linux 3.2.0-23-generic npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "node-gyp" npm ERR! cwd /home/user/express npm ERR! node -v v0.6.12 npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.4 npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules npm ERR! code EACCES npm ERR! message EACCES, permission denied '/usr/local/lib/node_modules' npm ERR! errno {} npm ERR! npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in: npm ERR! /home/user/express/npm-debug.log npm not ok user@user-VirtualBox:~/express$ ``` What I am trying is install Node-gyp on a system. I tried to install on system that have linux 12.04 ubuntu OS. Do someone know how to set permission for installing node-gyp. Thanks for help.