Errors during install of vue-cli on Mac OSX

Version

3.4.0

Environment info

System:
    OS: macOS 10.14.2
    CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7267U CPU @ 3.10GHz
  Binaries:
    Node: 10.15.1 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: Not Found
    npm: 6.7.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 71.0.3578.98
    Firefox: Not Found
    Safari: 12.0.2
  npmGlobalPackages:
    @vue/cli: 3.4.0

Steps to reproduce

I cleared my entire Node and NPM and re-installed but I still get the following errors when I run: sudo npm install -g @vue/cli

npm WARN deprecated cross-spawn-async@2.2.5: cross-spawn no longer requires a build toolchain, use it instead /usr/local/bin/vue -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/bin/vue.js

fsevents@1.2.7 install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents node install

node-pre-gyp WARN Using request for node-pre-gyp https download node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not installable for fsevents@1.2.7 and node@10.15.1 (node-v64 ABI, unknown) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp) node-pre-gyp WARN Hit error EACCES: permission denied, mkdir ‘/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib’ gyp WARN EACCES user “root” does not have permission to access the dev dir “/Users/#myusrname#/.node-gyp/10.15.1” gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir “/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/.node-gyp” gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install gyp ERR! configure error gyp ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir ‘/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/.node-gyp’ gyp ERR! System Darwin 18.2.0 gyp ERR! command “/usr/local/bin/node” “/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js” “configure” “–fallback-to-build” “–module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v64-darwin-x64/fse.node” “–module_name=fse” “–module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v64-darwin-x64” “–napi_version=3” “–node_abi_napi=napi” gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents gyp ERR! node -v v10.15.1 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0 gyp ERR! not ok node-pre-gyp ERR! build error node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute ‘/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v64-darwin-x64/fse.node --module_name=fse --module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v64-darwin-x64 --napi_version=3 --node_abi_napi=napi’ (1) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:189:13) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:970:16) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:259:5) node-pre-gyp ERR! System Darwin 18.2.0 node-pre-gyp ERR! command “/usr/local/bin/node” “/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/bin/node-pre-gyp” “install” “–fallback-to-build” node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v10.15.1 node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.10.3 node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok Failed to execute ‘/usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v64-darwin-x64/fse.node --module_name=fse --module_path=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v64-darwin-x64 --napi_version=3 --node_abi_napi=napi’ (1)

protobufjs@6.8.8 postinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/protobufjs node scripts/postinstall

nodemon@1.18.9 postinstall /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/nodemon node bin/postinstall || exit 0

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npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.7 (node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents): npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.7 install: node install npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1

@vue/cli@3.4.0 added 668 packages from 500 contributors in 42.29s

What is expected?

vue-cli installed

What is actually happening?

Vue seems installed but with the errors above

[spiritree]

Solved with sudo npm install -g @vue/cli --unsafe-perm

[sodatea]

@TodeDragos https://cli.vuejs.org/guide/troubleshooting.html#running-installation-with-sudo-or-as-root In short: don’t use sudo.