It's likely a unix permission related problem. There is a solution posted on the dev's github page. Try to run the following command ``` sudo chown -R $USER:$GROUP ~/.npm sudo chown -R $USER:$GROUP ~/.config ``` Reference: [EACCES: permission denied .config/configstore/bower-github.json #2262][1]

[1]: https://github.com/bower/bower/issues/2262

It's likely a unix permission related problem. There is a solution posted on the dev's github page. Try to run the following command
sudo chown -R $USER:$GROUP ~/.npm sudo chown -R $USER:$GROUP ~/.config
Reference: [EACCES: permission denied .config/configstore/bower-github.json #2262][1]

[1]: https://github.com/bower/bower/issues/2262