# NanoPi M4 Node-RED install difficulties

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nanopi-m4-node-red-install-difficulties/10048
**Category:** General
**Created:** [12 April 2019 04:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nanopi-m4-node-red-install-difficulties/10048 "2019-04-12T04:34:39Z")
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### Author: ![RickW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@RickW](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RickW)
#### Post date: [13 April 2019 02:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nanopi-m4-node-red-install-difficulties/10048/12 "2019-04-13T02:00:41Z")

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.npm/\_logs

0 info it worked if it ends with ok  
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node',  
1 verbose cli '/usr/bin/npm',  
1 verbose cli 'install',  
1 verbose cli '--no-audit',  
1 verbose cli '--no-update-notifier',  
1 verbose cli '--save',  
1 verbose cli '--save-prefix="~"',  
1 verbose cli '--production',  
1 verbose cli 'node-red-dashboard@2.14.0' ]  
2 info using npm@6.9.0  
3 info using node@v10.15.3  
4 verbose npm-session bf3741d1d326d77f  
5 silly install loadCurrentTree  
6 silly install readLocalPackageData  
7 http fetch GET 304 [https://registry.npmjs.org/node-red-dashboard](https://registry.npmjs.org/node-red-dashboard) 360ms (from cache)  
8 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for node-red-dashboard@2.14.0 EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/pi/.npm/\_cacache/index-v5/bd/db'  
9 timing stage:rollbackFailedOptional Completed in 2ms  
10 timing stage:runTopLevelLifecycles Completed in 505ms  
11 verbose stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/pi/.npm/\_cacache/index-v5/bd/db'  
12 verbose cwd /home/pi/.node-red  
13 verbose Linux 4.4.154  
14 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "--no-audit" "--no-update-notifier" "--save" "--save-prefix="~"" "--production" "node-red-dashboard@2.14.0"  
15 verbose node v10.15.3  
16 verbose npm v6.9.0  
17 error path /home/pi/.npm/\_cacache/index-v5/bd/db  
18 error code EACCES  
19 error errno -13  
20 error syscall mkdir  
21 error Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/pi/.npm/\_cacache/index-v5/bd/db'  
21 error { [Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/pi/.npm/\_cacache/index-v5/bd/db']  
21 error cause:  
21 error { Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/pi/.npm/\_cacache/index-v5/bd/db'  
21 error errno: -13,  
21 error code: 'EACCES',  
21 error syscall: 'mkdir',  
21 error path: '/home/pi/.npm/\_cacache/index-v5/bd/db' },  
21 error isOperational: true,  
21 error stack:  
21 error 'Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/pi/.npm/\_cacache/index-v5/bd/db'',  
21 error errno: -13,  
21 error code: 'EACCES',  
21 error syscall: 'mkdir',  
21 error path: '/home/pi/.npm/\_cacache/index-v5/bd/db' }  
22 error The operation was rejected by your operating system.  
22 error It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user  
22 error  
22 error If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the  
22 error permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running  
22 error the command again as root/Administrator (though this is not recommended).  
23 verbose exit [-13, true]

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