Unable to Update homebridge-config-ui-x from v4.56.4 → v4.58.0

[TweedHat]

Current Situation

I've been having issues updating this for weeks. Any ideas on what might be wrong?

Logs

DIR: /usr/local
CMD: npm install -g [email protected]

npm error code EACCES
npm error syscall rename
npm error path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/homebridge-config-ui-x
npm error dest /usr/local/lib/node_modules/.homebridge-config-ui-x-3gtnOIj4
npm error errno -13
npm error Error: EACCES: permission denied, rename '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/homebridge-config-ui-x' -> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/.homebridge-config-ui-x-3gtnOIj4'
npm error at async Object.rename (node:internal/fs/promises:782:10)
npm error at async moveFile (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/fs/lib/move-file.js:30:5)
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: 'rename',
npm error path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/homebridge-config-ui-x',
npm error dest: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/.homebridge-config-ui-x-3gtnOIj4'
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.
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/matthewm1minihome/.npm/_logs/2024-09-19T02_36_00_565Z-debug-0.log

Cleaning up npm cache, please wait...
npm cache cleared, please try updating homebridge-config-ui-x again.

Operation failed with code 243.
You can download this log file for future reference.
See https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge-config-ui-x/wiki/Troubleshooting for help.

Config

No response

Homebridge UI Version

4.56.4

Homebridge Version

7A19

Node.js Version

v20.17.0

Operating System

macOS

Environment Info

None

Raspberry Pi Model

None

[NorthernMan54]

The log file shows the issue, looks like the /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ directory is not owned by the user running homebridge

[TweedHat]

Thank you for your help so far. Any idea how I might be able to fix it? This is on a mac mini with only 1 user, myself. I'm guessing some update I did to MacOS broke this permission somehow? I have been researching but havent figured out how to fix yet, I even tried to do a clean install, etc.

[bwp91]

Try running this command in the terminal

sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(npm config get prefix)/{lib/node_modules,bin,share}

run the command exactly as it is - there is nothing that needs replacing. it will likely ask you to enter your mac user password which is fine.

From here: https://elvisciotti.medium.com/mac-osx-fix-npm-eacces-permission-denied-7ed4b5368460