help with installing anything with npm

[zeljkomarinkovic]

so i have started fresh VM vimctl start and installed node and npm sudo apt install nodejs npm -y but whenever try to install anything with npm i get

user@lima-ubuntu:$ npm i -g bower
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! syscall mkdir
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
npm ERR!  [Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'] {
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'mkdir',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
npm ERR! }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! The operation was rejected by your operating system.
npm ERR! It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/user.linux/.npm/_logs/2022-10-17T10_28_38_803Z-debug-0.log

have i missed some step where i can get privileges or someone have solution for this?

[afbjorklund]

You also need to set the prefix for node.js, for instance using something nvm

https://medium.com/@ExplosionPills/dont-use-sudo-with-npm-5711d2726aa3