Fixing the appium installation with NPM

Problem Statement:

npm install -g appium returns the below 
  
npm install -g appium 
npm ERR! code ENOENT 
npm ERR! syscall chmod 
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/build/lib/main.js 
npm ERR! errno -2



Solution

The directory npm is trying to modify is not owned by the user that is executing the command. Grant the permissions to the user executing the command and the issue should be resolved. 


Here are the commands: 

sudo chown -R `whoami` ~/.npm

sudo chown -R `whoami` /usr/local/lib/node_module


Uninstall the appium

npm uninstall -g appium


Re-install appium

npm install -g appium

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