I'm having a stab at learning Node.js and I'm having a few issues when installing NPM (Node Package Manager). I'm pretty sure it's either a permissions thing or folder thing... please note that I've just purchased a Mac (I've used Windows all my life) and I'm pretty unfamiliar with the Mac terminal.

Okay, I went to use the one line install for NPM: curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh and I got an error...

All clean!

! [ -d .git ] || git submodule update --init --recursive

node cli.js rm npm -g -f

node cli.js install -g -f

npm ERR! Could not create /usr/local/lib/node_modules/___npm.npm

npm ERR! error installing [email protected] Error: EACCESS, Undefined error: 0 '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'

npm ERR! Error: EACCESS, Undefined error: 0 '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'

npm ERR! Report this *entire* log at:

npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>

npm ERR! or email it to:

npm ERR!     <[email protected]>

npm ERR! 

npm ERR! System Darwin 11.0.0

npm ERR! command node /private/var/folders/z2/f05c8hx105g79drh6r7hr01w0000gn/T/npm.1219/package/cli.js install -g -f

npm ERR! cwd /private/var/folders/z2/f05c8hx105g79drh6r7hr01w0000gn/T/npm.1219/package

npm ERR! node -v v0.5.9-pre

npm ERR! npm -v 1.0.94

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

npm ERR! code EACCESS

npm ERR! 

npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:

npm ERR!     /private/var/folders/z2/f05c8hx105g79drh6r7hr01w0000gn/T/npm.1219/package/npm-debug.log

npm not ok

make: *** [install] Error 1

npm ERR! Could not create /usr/local/lib/node_modules/___npm.npm

npm ERR! error installing [email protected] Error: EACCESS, Undefined error: 0 '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'

npm ERR! Error: EACCESS, Undefined error: 0 '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'

npm ERR! Report this *entire* log at:

npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>

npm ERR! or email it to:

npm ERR!     <[email protected]>

npm ERR! 

npm ERR! System Darwin 11.0.0

npm ERR! command /usr/local/bin/node /private/var/folders/z2/f05c8hx105g79drh6r7hr01w0000gn/T/npm.1219/package/cli.js install -gf

npm ERR! cwd /private/var/folders/z2/f05c8hx105g79drh6r7hr01w0000gn/T/npm.1219/package

npm ERR! node -v v0.5.9-pre

npm ERR! npm -v 1.0.94

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

npm ERR! code EACCESS

npm ERR! 

npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:

npm ERR!     /private/var/folders/z2/f05c8hx105g79drh6r7hr01w0000gn/T/npm.1219/package/npm-debug.log

npm not ok

It failed

there's obviously a folder issue here, perhaps I'm installing in the wrong place, my node folder is at Users/Mike/node, when I try and find out my node path variable using NODE_PATH I get the following error:

Michaels-MacBook-Pro:~ Mike$ node node/NODE_PATH  



node.js:203

        throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick

              ^

Error: Cannot find module '/Users/Mike/node/NODE_PATH'

    at Function._resolveFilename (module.js:334:11)

    at Function._load (module.js:279:25)

    at Array.<anonymous> (module.js:470:10)

    at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:195:26)

Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? Do I need to add the node path like such:

$ export PATH=/path/to/node/0.n.y/bin:${PATH}

$ curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

Or am I confusing myself?