From 3a1d6e7a424af0611aac20945530b1892d4785b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zeke Sikelianos Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 20:43:57 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] recommend fixing permissions over using sudo --- docs/tutorial/installation.md | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/tutorial/installation.md b/docs/tutorial/installation.md index 3ea0dd506c..91ad7cff0a 100644 --- a/docs/tutorial/installation.md +++ b/docs/tutorial/installation.md @@ -59,11 +59,8 @@ You can also attempt to download Electron directly from [electron/electron/releases](https://github.com/electron/electron/releases) if installing via `npm` is failing. -If installation fails with an `EACCESS` error you may have to run it again with `sudo`: - -```sh -sudo npm install electron -``` +If installation fails with an `EACCESS` error you may need to +[fix your npm permissions](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions). If the above error persists, the [unsafe-perm](https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/config#unsafe-perm) flag may need to be set to true: