title: error installing coffeescript on mac 10.7.2
body: <p>Node and npm are both installed and up to date but keep getting this error when trying to install coffeescript. I am still new to programming so any advice would be greatly appreciated.</p>
  
  <pre><code>test-macbook:~ Test$ npm -v
  1.1.0-3
  test-macbook:~ Test$ node -v
  v0.6.8
  test-macbook:~ Test$ npm install -g coffee-script
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/coffee-script
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/coffee-script
  npm ERR! Could not create /usr/local/lib/node_modules/___coffee-script.npm
  npm ERR! error installing coffee-script@1.2.0
  
  npm ERR! Error: EACCES, permission denied '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/___coffee-script.npm'
  npm ERR! 
  npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
  npm ERR! 
  npm ERR! System Darwin 11.2.0
  npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "coffee-script"
  npm ERR! cwd /Users/Dylan
  npm ERR! node -v v0.6.8
  npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-3
  npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/___coffee-script.npm
  npm ERR! code EACCES
  npm ERR! message EACCES, permission denied '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/___coffee-script.npm'
  npm ERR! errno {}
  npm ERR! 
  npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
  npm ERR!     /Users/Dylan/npm-debug.log
  npm not ok
  </code></pre>