title: How to install node-gyp in Linux?
body: <pre><code>user@user-VirtualBox:~/express$ npm install -g node-gyp
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp/-/node-gyp-0.6.3.tgz
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/node-gyp/-/node-gyp-0.6.3.tgz
  npm ERR! Could not create /usr/local/lib/node_modules/___node-gyp.npm
  npm ERR! error installing node-gyp@0.6.3
  
  npm ERR! Error: EACCES, permission denied '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
  npm ERR! 
  npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
  npm ERR! 
  npm ERR! System Linux 3.2.0-23-generic
  npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "node-gyp"
  npm ERR! cwd /home/user/express
  npm ERR! node -v v0.6.12
  npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.4
  npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules
  npm ERR! code EACCES
  npm ERR! message EACCES, permission denied '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
  npm ERR! errno {}
  npm ERR! 
  npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
  npm ERR!     /home/user/express/npm-debug.log
  npm not ok
  user@user-VirtualBox:~/express$ 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What I am trying is install Node-gyp on a system. I tried to install on system that have linux 12.04 ubuntu OS. </p>
  
  <p>Do someone know how to set permission for installing node-gyp. </p>
  
  <p>Thanks for help.</p>