# Node-red npm WARN checkPermissions

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-npm-warn-checkpermissions/3234>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [18 September 2018 01:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-npm-warn-checkpermissions/3234 "2018-09-18T01:37:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Marco](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Marco)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2018 01:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-npm-warn-checkpermissions/3234/1 "2018-09-18T01:37:27Z")

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hello, when I try to install some package on node-red with npm I get the following error :

sudo npm i node-red-node-base64  
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /root/.node-red/node\_modules/node-red-node-sqlite  
npm WARN node-red-project@0.0.1 No repository field.  
npm WARN node-red-project@0.0.1 No license field.

npm ERR! path /root/.node-red/node\_modules/node-red-node-sqlite  
npm ERR! code ELOOP  
npm ERR! errno -40  
npm ERR! syscall access  
npm ERR! ELOOP: too many symbolic links encountered, access '/root/.node-red/node\_modules/node-red-node-sqlite'

I'm desperate, I do not know what to do, can someone help me? Any tips, way ..  
npm -v  
6.4.1

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2018 06:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-npm-warn-checkpermissions/3234/2 "2018-09-18T06:51:48Z")

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Which instructions told you to use sudo ?  
Should not be needed for installing extra nodes.

If you really do need to use sudo then you also need. --unsafe-perm

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**Author:** ![Marco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Marco](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Marco)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2018 08:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-npm-warn-checkpermissions/3234/3 "2018-09-18T08:36:54Z")

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Hello, tanks for help, but the problem persists, I leave here the logs:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok  
1 verbose cli ['/usr/bin/node', '/usr/bin/npm', 'i', 'node-red-node-base64']  
2 info using npm@6.4.1  
3 info using node@v8.12.0  
4 verbose npm-session d6f6dfdf1522b17e  
5 silly install loadCurrentTree  
6 silly install readLocalPackageData  
7 http fetch GET 304 [https://registry.npmjs.org/node-red-node-base64](https://registry.npmjs.org/node-red-node-base64) 908ms (from cache)  
8 silly pacote tag manifest for node-red-node-base64@latest fetched in 1035ms  
9 timing stage:loadCurrentTree Completed in 11909ms  
10 silly install loadIdealTree  
11 silly install cloneCurrentTreeToIdealTree  
12 timing stage:loadIdealTree:cloneCurrentTree Completed in 66ms  
13 silly install loadShrinkwrap  
14 timing stage:loadIdealTree:loadShrinkwrap Completed in 4918ms  
15 silly install loadAllDepsIntoIdealTree  
16 silly resolveWithNewModule node-red-node-base64@0.1.3 checking installable status  
17 timing stage:loadIdealTree:loadAllDepsIntoIdealTree Completed in 6410ms  
18 timing stage:loadIdealTree Completed in 13466ms  
19 silly currentTree node-red-project@0.0.1  
19 silly currentTree ├── abbrev@1.1.1  
...  
25 silly saveTree └─┬ node-red-node-sqlite@file:node\_modules/node-red-node-sqlite  
25 silly saveTree └─┬ sqlite3@4.0.1  
25 silly saveTree └─┬ node-pre-gyp@0.10.2  
25 silly saveTree ├─┬ needle@2.2.1  
25 silly saveTree │ ├── debug@2.6.9  
25 silly saveTree │ ├── iconv-lite@0.4.23  
25 silly saveTree │ └── sax@1.2.4  
25 silly saveTree ├─┬ nopt@4.0.1  
25 silly saveTree │ ├── abbrev@1.1.1  
25 silly saveTree │ └─┬ osenv@0.1.5  
25 silly saveTree │ └── os-tmpdir@1.0.2  
25 silly saveTree ├─┬ npm-packlist@1.1.10  
25 silly saveTree │ ├── ignore-walk@3.0.1  
25 silly saveTree │ └── npm-bundled@1.0.3  
25 silly saveTree ├── rimraf@2.6.2  
25 silly saveTree └─┬ tar@4.4.4  
25 silly saveTree ├─┬ fs-minipass@1.2.5  
25 silly saveTree │ └─┬ minipass@2.3.3  
25 silly saveTree │ └── yallist@3.0.2  
25 silly saveTree ├── minipass@2.3.3  
25 silly saveTree ├── minizlib@1.1.0  
25 silly saveTree └── yallist@3.0.2  
26 warn node-red-project@0.0.1 No repository field.  
27 warn node-red-project@0.0.1 No license field.  
28 verbose stack Error: ELOOP: too many symbolic links encountered, access '/root/.node-red/node\_modules/node-red-node-sqlite'  
29 verbose cwd /root/.node-red  
30 verbose Linux 3.4.113-sun8i  
31 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "i" "node-red-node-base64"  
32 verbose node v8.12.0  
33 verbose npm v6.4.1  
34 error path /root/.node-red/node\_modules/node-red-node-sqlite  
35 error code ELOOP  
36 error errno -40  
37 error syscall access  
38 error ELOOP: too many symbolic links encountered, access '/root/.node-red/node\_modules/node-red-node-sqlite'  
39 verbose exit [-40, true]

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2018 08:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-npm-warn-checkpermissions/3234/4 "2018-09-18T08:47:29Z")

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What version of NR?  
What version of node.js?  
What directory are you in when you run the command?  
What platform/os are you using?  
What user are you running the command from?

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**Author:** ![Marco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Marco](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Marco)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2018 09:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-npm-warn-checkpermissions/3234/5 "2018-09-18T09:06:28Z")

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Tanks for help.

- NR v0.18.7
- node.js v8.12.0
- /root/.node-red
- ARMBIAN 5.38 stable Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) 3.4.113-sun8i  
root

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**Author:** ![ukmoose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ukmoose/32/13_2.png) [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2018 09:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-npm-warn-checkpermissions/3234/6 "2018-09-18T09:47:12Z")

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what version of npm?  
Just seen its in the original listing \> npm@6.4.1  
Any reason why you are using root?

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**Author:** ![Marco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Marco](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Marco)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2018 10:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-npm-warn-checkpermissions/3234/7 "2018-09-18T10:03:37Z")

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Npm is 6.4.1  
Reason, i install node-red a long time, and make updates and workes always, I think not have reason to use root.  
But now I have many nodes developed in the node-red and I have to lose everything, I do not know how to get out of it.

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**Author:** ![Marco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Marco](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Marco)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2018 10:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-npm-warn-checkpermissions/3234/8 "2018-09-18T10:14:59Z")

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can i make npm cache clean --force ?

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**Author:** ![Marco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Marco](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Marco)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2018 10:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-npm-warn-checkpermissions/3234/9 "2018-09-18T10:27:12Z")

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or a downgrade off npm?

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2018 10:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-npm-warn-checkpermissions/3234/10 "2018-09-18T10:33:09Z")

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> [@Marco](#):
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> node-red-node-sqlite@file:node\_modules/node-red-node-sqlite

Have you searched for the 'ELOOP: too many symbolic links encountered' error to see what others have done?

The problem appears to be related to how you have installed `node-red-node-sqlite`.

From the log output you shared you can see it appears differently to all of the others:

```auto
25 silly saveTree └─┬ node-red-node-sqlite@file:node_modules/node-red-node-sqlite
25 silly saveTree └─┬ sqlite3@4.0.1

```

What does `/root/.node-red/package.json` have listed in its dependencies section regarding node-red-node-sqlite ?

You may need to `npm remove node-red-node-sqlite` and reinstall it cleanly.

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**Author:** ![Marco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Marco](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Marco)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2018 10:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-npm-warn-checkpermissions/3234/11 "2018-09-18T10:43:56Z")

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> [@knolleary](#):
>
> npm remove node-red-node-sqlite

Hello, tanks for your time.

My package.json have :

{  
"name": "node-red-project",  
"description": "A Node-RED Project",  
"version": "0.0.1",  
"dependencies": {  
"node-red-contrib-admin": "0.0.6",  
"node-red-contrib-bigtimer": "~1.9.2",  
"node-red-contrib-ibm-watson-iot": "^0.2.8",  
"node-red-contrib-moment": "~2.0.7",  
"node-red-contrib-play-audio": "^2.3.2",  
"node-red-contrib-timed-counter": "0.0.1",  
"node-red-dashboard": "~2.9.4",  
"node-red-node-mysql": "0.0.16",  
"node-red-node-ping": "0.0.15",  
"node-red-node-random": "^0.1.0",  
"node-red-node-serialport": "^0.6.7",  
"node-red-node-smooth": "^0.1.0",  
"node-red-node-sqlite": "file:node\_modules/node-red-node-sqlite"  
}  
}  
When i try : npm remove node-red-node-sqlite

npm ERR! path /root/.node-red/node\_modules/node-red-node-sqlite/npm-shrinkwrap.json  
npm ERR! code ELOOP  
npm ERR! errno -40  
npm ERR! syscall open  
npm ERR! ELOOP: too many symbolic links encountered, open '/root/.node-red/node\_modules/node-red-node-sqlite/npm-shrinkwrap.json'

I already used sqlite, but I no longer need

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2018 11:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-npm-warn-checkpermissions/3234/12 "2018-09-18T11:06:29Z")

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If you no longer need it, delete the sqlite line in package.json and delete `/root/.node-red/node_modules/node-red-node-sqlite`.

That should get rid of the symlinks it is complaining about.

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**Author:** ![Marco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Marco](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Marco)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2018 11:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-npm-warn-checkpermissions/3234/13 "2018-09-18T11:13:56Z")

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can i direct remove in node-modules de directory node-red-node-sqlite after delete in json file?  
And after remove directory?  
rm -r node-red-node-sqlite ??

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2018 11:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-npm-warn-checkpermissions/3234/14 "2018-09-18T11:19:15Z")

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Yes, delete the `node_modules/node-red-node-sqlite` directory.

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**Author:** ![Marco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@Marco](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Marco)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2018 11:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-npm-warn-checkpermissions/3234/15 "2018-09-18T11:29:06Z")

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Thank you so much for your precious time to help.  
Thank you ufafafa.  
All works fine....  
Thanks for everything