npm install firebase always fails

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when I tried to install firebase it always fails. I wanna to install firebase in my REACTJS project using

`npm i firebase`

and shows this error: npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of typescript@>=2.8.0 || >= 3.2.0-dev || >= 3.3.0-dev || >= 3.4.0-dev || >= 3.5.0-dev || >= 3.6.0-dev || >= 3.6.0-beta || >= 3.7.0-dev || >= 3.7.0-beta but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.

npm ERR! code EPERM npm ERR! syscall unlink npm ERR! path G:\react\netflix\netflix-clone\node_modules\youtube-player\node_modules\debug\src npm ERR! errno -4048 npm ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, unlink 'G:\react\netflix\netflix-clone\node_modules\youtube-player\node_modules\debug\src' npm ERR! [OperationalError: EPERM: operation not permitted, unlink 'G:\react\netflix\netflix-clone\node_modules\youtube-player\node_modules\debug\src'] { npm ERR! cause: [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, unlink 'G:\react\netflix\netflix-clone\node_modules\youtube-player\node_modules\debug\src'] { npm ERR! errno: -4048, npm ERR! code: 'EPERM', npm ERR! syscall: 'unlink', npm ERR! path: 'G:\react\netflix\netflix-clone\node_modules\youtube-player\node_modules\debug\src' npm ERR! }, npm ERR! errno: -4048, npm ERR! code: 'EPERM', npm ERR! syscall: 'unlink', npm ERR! path: 'G:\react\netflix\netflix-clone\node_modules\youtube-player\node_modules\debug\src', npm ERR! parent: 'youtube-player' npm ERR! } npm ERR! npm ERR! The operation was rejected by your operating system. npm ERR! It's possible that the file was already in use (by a text editor or antivirus), npm ERR! or that you lack permissions to access it. npm ERR! npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! C:\Users\ADMIN\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-09-20T07_03_09_714Z-debug.log

my package.json file is here :

{
  "name": "netflix-clone",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^4.2.4",
    "@testing-library/react": "^9.5.0",
    "@testing-library/user-event": "^7.2.1",
    "axios": "^0.20.0",
    "movie-trailer": "^2.0.6",
    "react": "^16.13.1",
    "react-dom": "^16.13.1",
    "react-scripts": "3.4.3",
    "react-youtube": "^7.12.0"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "react-scripts start",
    "build": "react-scripts build",
    "test": "react-scripts test",
    "eject": "react-scripts eject"
  },
  "eslintConfig": {
    "extends": "react-app"
  },
  "browserslist": {
    "production": [
      ">0.2%",
      "not dead",
      "not op_mini all"
    ],
    "development": [
      "last 1 chrome version",
      "last 1 firefox version",
      "last 1 safari version"
    ]
  }
}

Suleman Ahmad Suleman Ahmad · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-20T07:42:30

This might be a permission issue. What you can do is that open command line(CMD) as an administrator by right clicking on command line(CMD) and selecting "Run as Administrator". Once it is opened then navigate to your project folder and then install firebase. Image is added for windows but if you have MAC then do it correspondingly!

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