npm install -g ios-deploy

Question

I am trying to install ios deploy onto my mac to use with Ionic.

when I enter command "npm install -g ios-deploy" I get the following errors:

npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules

/usr/local/lib └── [email protected]

npm ERR! Darwin 16.1.0 npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "ios-deploy" "--allow-root" npm ERR! node v6.9.1 npm ERR! npm v4.0.2 npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules npm ERR! code EACCES npm ERR! errno -13 npm ERR! syscall access

npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules' npm ERR! at Error (native) npm ERR! { Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules' npm ERR! at Error (native) npm ERR! errno: -13, npm ERR! code: 'EACCES', npm ERR! syscall: 'access', npm ERR! path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules' } npm ERR! npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! /Users/patrickbentley/npm-debug.log

Answer 1

sudo npm install --global --unsafe-perm ios-deploy

Answer 2

I see that you have permission denied problem. As a start try this to see if it works:

sudo npm install -g ios-deploy