Cannot create "/usr/local/bin/ng" due to insufficient permissions.

[NatoBoram]

🐞 Bug report

Command (mark with an x)

• new
• build
• serve
• test
• e2e
• generate
• add
• update
• lint
• xi18n
• run
• config
• help
• version
• doc

Is this a regression?

Yes

Description

ng update tries to modify my system without my consent and against my will, fails, then crashes.

🔬 Minimal Reproduction

1. ng update

🔥 Exception or Error

The installed Angular CLI version is older than the latest published version.
Installing a temporary version to perform the update.
Installing packages for tooling via yarn.
error Cannot create "/usr/local/bin/ng" due to insufficient permissions.
An unhandled exception occurred: Package install failed, see above.
See "/tmp/ng-8M0LvS/angular-errors.log" for further details.

🌍 Your Environment

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Angular CLI: 8.3.13
Node: 13.1.0
OS: linux x64
Angular: 8.2.11
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... language-service, platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic
... router

Package                           Version
-----------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect         0.803.13
@angular-devkit/build-angular     0.803.13
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer   0.803.13
@angular-devkit/build-webpack     0.803.13
@angular-devkit/core              8.3.13
@angular-devkit/schematics        8.3.13
@angular/cdk                      8.2.3
@angular/cli                      8.3.13
@angular/flex-layout              8.0.0-beta.27
@angular/material                 8.2.3
@ngtools/webpack                  8.3.13
@schematics/angular               8.3.13
@schematics/update                0.803.13
rxjs                              6.5.3
typescript                        3.5.3
webpack                           4.39.2

Anything else relevant?

I just want to point out that it is extremely bad etiquette to make undesired modifications to people's system.

gendnat@gcmi-p109 
----------------- 
OS: Ubuntu 19.10 x86_64 
Host: 3306A4F ThinkCentre M82 
Kernel: 5.0.0-32-generic 
Uptime: 3 hours, 26 mins 
Packages: 2300 (dpkg), 39 (snap) 
Shell: bash 5.0.3 
Resolution: 1680x1050, 1920x1080 
DE: GNOME 3.34.1 
WM: GNOME Shell 
WM Theme: Adwaita 
Theme: Adwaita-dark [GTK2/3] 
Icons: Yaru [GTK2/3] 
Terminal: gnome-terminal 
CPU: Intel i5-3470 (4) @ 3.600GHz 
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 
Memory: 12869MiB / 15829MiB 

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Duplicate of #16010

[NatoBoram]

To get around this bug, after every single sudo ng update commands ran, you need to run this.

sudo yarn global add @angular/cli@latest
sudo chown $USER:$USER $HOME -Rc
ng config -g cli.warnings.versionMismatch false

[alan-agius4]

This should be fixed in the next release via #16011. As now we now longer create binary links.

Note: before running ng update run npm i @angular/cli@latest —no-save as otherwise the old version of the cli bootstrapping will be used which will cause the permission errors.

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