Unable to install globally on OSX

General Information

• Usage

What Version you are running?

• NodeJS: v10.15.3
• NPM: 6.13.1
• @pnp/spfx: /usr/local/lib └── (empty)

Describe your problem

I’m trying to install this on OSX both of the following (the specific version after reading #219)

sudo npm install -g @pnp/generator-spfx 
sudo npm install -g @pnp/generator-spfx@1.11.0  

@pnp/generator-spfx@1.11.0 postinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@pnp/generator-spfx node lib/patch.js

{ Error: EACCES: permission denied, open ‘/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@pnp/generator-spfx/node_modules/@microsoft/generator-sharepoint/lib/common/utilities.js’ at Object.openSync (fs.js:438:3) at Object.writeFileSync (fs.js:1189:35) at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@pnp/generator-spfx/lib/patch.js:118:12) …

Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir ‘/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@pnp/generator-spfx/node_modules/@microsoft/generator-sharepoint/lib/generators/applicationCustomizer/templates/react’ at Object.mkdirSync (fs.js:752:3) at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@pnp/generator-spfx/lib/patch.js:171:8) …

npm WARN notsup Unsupported engine for got@5.7.1: wanted: {“node”:“>=0.10.0 <7”} (current: {“node”:“10.15.3”,“npm”:“6.13.1”}) npm WARN notsup Not compatible with your version of node/npm: got@5.7.1

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EDIT: The same happens for --save-dev installation:

npm install --save-dev @pnp/generator-spfx

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir ‘/Users/me/work/my-webpart/node_modules/@pnp/generator-spfx/node_modules/@microsoft/generator-sharepoint/lib/generators/applicationCustomizer/templates/react’

[IamMille]

Yeah, sorry for the late reply.

That actually worked. Thank you for the help!

Keep up the great work you are doing here., @StfBauer 😃

[StfBauer]

Thank you for the update @IamMille - Personally I run the generator always on OSX only for testing purposes I switch to Windows and run it there.

Can you try to install the generator with the following switch:

npm install -g @pnp/generator-spfx --unsafe-perm

Like described in the article on EACCESS permission to avoid permission denied you never store any NPM package in the default location and only in your home drive.

The --unsafe-perm should actually bypass this when you store all your packages in the default high secure location under ‘/usr/local/lib/node_modules/’.

Let me know how this works for you. its more of a general limitation to run post install handler.