MacOS npm升级遇到的问题

npm 升级命令为：npm install -g npm 

执行后报以下错误，主要原因就是权限限制，最后解决方法，升级命令加上sudo npm install -g npm。

npm ERR!  { [Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/agent-base']

npm ERR!   stack:

npm ERR!    'Error: EACCES: permission denied, access \'/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/agent-base\'',

npm ERR!   errno: -13,

npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',

npm ERR!   syscall: 'access',

npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/agent-base' }

npm ERR! 

npm ERR! The operation was rejected by your operating system.

npm ERR! It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user

npm ERR! 

npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the

npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running

npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator (though this is not recommended).