Errors installing n8n on my Mac

[itscutarms]

Bug Description

Hi, I tried to install n8n but I can't.

This is the whole message that I receive by the terminal:

npm install n8n -g npm error code EACCES npm error syscall mkdir npm error path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n npm error errno -13 npm error Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n' npm error at async mkdir (node:internal/fs/promises:858:10) npm error at async /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js:624:20 npm error at async Promise.allSettled (index 0) npm error at async [reifyPackages] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js:325:11) npm error at async Arborist.reify (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js:142:5) npm error at async Install.exec (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/commands/install.js:150:5) npm error at async Npm.exec (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js:207:9) npm error at async module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli/entry.js:74:5) { npm error errno: -13, npm error code: 'EACCES', npm error syscall: 'mkdir', npm error path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n' npm error } npm error npm error The operation was rejected by your operating system. npm error It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user npm error npm error If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the npm error permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running npm error the command again as root/Administrator.

Thank you in advance if someone can help me.

P.S. I already have installed node.js

To Reproduce

How to fix this

Expected behavior

I would like to receive help to install n8n

Operating System

MacOS

n8n Version

1.63.4

Node.js Version

20.18.0

Database

SQLite (default)

Execution mode

main (default)

[Joffcom]

Hey @itscutarms,

We have created an internal ticket to look into this which we will be tracking as "GHC-349"

[Joffcom]

Hey @itscutarms,

Looking at the error message this doesn't look to be an issue with n8n and is a local permission issue that you have where you are unable to create a folder under /usr/local/lib/node_modules/.

I would maybe look at using the Docker image instead which is a lot easier to get up and running with, If you do want to continue with the npm route you will need to make sure your user has permission to globally install npm packages, This may need the sudo command.

For now though as this doesn't appear to be a bug with the n8n application I am going to mark this as closed, Let me know if you have any other questions on this.