You cannot install a module globally with a default install of Node. This isn't really a Cordova issue but one of taste. Some people like to isolate their systems and not install modules globally. Indeed, this is probably a good practice. We could point the way in the docs but we do not want to change our install instructions to something that will fail by default.
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Wargo, John <john.wa...@sap.com> wrote: > I chatted with Fil about this in the pre-3 days and it was a requirement > at the time. Have things changed to the point where it works without it? > Every time I've tried to do it without sudo on Macintosh it fails. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marcel Kinard [mailto:cmarc...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 10:01 AM > To: dev@cordova.apache.org > Subject: sans sudo on npm install > > I'm not a Node.js expert, but the Linux person inside me says that using > sudo to install and run things ought to be avoided if possible. > > Would there be objection if I changed cordova-docs to omit sudo from the > npm install commands? And added references to some of these items below? > > http://howtonode.org/introduction-to-npm > > http://justjs.com/posts/npm-link-developing-your-own-npm-modules-without-tears > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-5320 >
