Brett Gullan brettgullan

Fixing npm On Mac OS X for Homebrew Users

If you just want to fix the issue quickly, scroll down to the "solution" section below.

Explanation of the issue

If you're a Homebrew user and you installed node via Homebrew, there is a major philosophical issue with the way Homebrew and NPM work together. If you install node with Homebrew and then try to do npm update npm -g, you may see an error like this:

$ npm update npm -g

	pipelines:
	branches:
	master:
	- step:
	name: Build static html files
	image: node:8.9.4-slim
	caches:
	- node
	script:
	- npm install

	:: UPDATE YUM ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

	sudo yum update -y

	:: INSTALL WEBSERVER :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

	sudo yum install httpd24
	sudo service httpd start
	sudo chkconfig httpd on
	chkconfig --list httpd