How to fix npm ERR! code ENOENT npm ERR! syscall symlink npm ERR! path ../lib/node_modules/package in npm

# Check current npm prefix
npm config get prefix

# Check if lib/node_modules exists
ls -la $(npm config get prefix)/lib/node_modules

# If missing, create it
mkdir -p $(npm config get prefix)/lib/node_modules

# Fix ownership (Linux/macOS)
sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(npm config get prefix)/{lib/node_modules,bin,share}

# Verify you can write to it
touch $(npm config get prefix)/lib/node_modules/test && rm $(npm config get prefix)/lib/node_modules/test

# Create a directory for global packages
mkdir -p ~/.npm-global

# Configure npm to use it
npm config set prefix ~/.npm-global

# Add to your PATH (add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc)
export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH

# Reload shell config
source ~/.bashrc

# In your package directory
cd /path/to/my-package
npm link

# Then in your project
cd /path/to/my-project
npm link my-package

# Verify it worked
npm ls -g --depth=0

npm install --no-bin-links
npm link --no-bin-links