Answers for "[Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'] { npm ERR! errno: -13, npm ERR! code: 'EACCES', npm ERR! syscall: 'access', npm ERR! path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'"

npm EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib'

sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm

mkdir ~/.npm-global
npm config set prefix '~/.npm-global'
export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH
source ~/.profile

Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'

sudo npm install -g nodemon
//easiest fix