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EACCES: permission denied

EACCES: Permission Denied

The process doesn't have permission to access a file or directory.

Common Causes

Installing globally without sudo
node_modules owned by root
Wrong ownership of project directory
Antivirus blocking access

Fixes

1. Fix ownership
```
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER .
```
2. Use nvm to avoid global installs
```
nvm install 20
nvm use 20
```

3. Use npm config prefix

mkdir ~/.npm-global
npm config set prefix '~/.npm-global'

Still not fixed?

• Search the exact error message on Stack Overflow or GitHub Issues
• Check the official docs for the language or tool
• Ensure your versions (Node, Python, npm, Docker) are up to date
• Try in a minimal reproduction (new project, single file)

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All Errors

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