Error when trying to install node.JS with putty?

Question

How do I fix this when setting up node.JS with putty? I tried setting up the %PATH% but when i've done everything and the use echo %PATH% nothing comes up?

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/cordova

npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/cordova

npm ERR! Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'

npm ERR! { [Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules']

npm ERR! errno: 3,

npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',

npm ERR! path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules',

npm ERR! fstream_type: 'Directory',

npm ERR! fstream_path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova',

npm ERR! fstream_class: 'DirWriter',

npm ERR! fstream_stack:

npm ERR! [ '/usr/lib/nodejs/fstream/lib/writer.js:171:23',

npm ERR! '/usr/lib/nodejs/mkdirp/index.js:37:53',

npm ERR! 'Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)' ] }

npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! System Linux 3.16.0-29-generic

npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "cordova"

npm ERR! cwd /home/azureuser

npm ERR! node -v v0.10.25

npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.10

npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules

npm ERR! fstream_path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova

npm ERR! fstream_type Directory

npm ERR! fstream_class DirWriter

npm ERR! code EACCES

npm ERR! errno 3

npm ERR! stack Error: EACCES, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'

npm ERR! fstream_stack /usr/lib/nodejs/fstream/lib/writer.js:171:23

npm ERR! fstream_stack /usr/lib/nodejs/mkdirp/index.js:37:53

npm ERR! fstream_stack Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)

npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:

npm ERR! /home/azureuser/npm-debug.log

npm ERR! not ok code 0

Answer 1

You need administrator privileges to install global npm packages. Try running your command as root. For example:

sudo npm install -g cordova