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Brylie Christopher Oxley
Brylie Christopher Oxley

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Don't use "sudo" with NPM "install"

Using "sudo" when installing NPM packages may put your computer at risk, by giving untrusted code administrative privileges. Please do not use "sudo" when installing NPM packages.

Instead, use the following instructions to allow NPM to install global packages without administrative privileges:

https://docs.npmjs.com/resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globally


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Liran Tal

Definitely, thanks for raising this. Using sudo is definitely an anti-pattern that may lead to security issues, as well as just mess up permissions on Unix-based operating systems.