How to use npm global without sudo on OSX

osx_npm_global_without_sudo.txt

Taken from http://www.johnpapa.net/how-to-use-npm-global-without-sudo-on-osx/

in terminal:

(if you already have homebrew installed skip to step 2)
1)  ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

2)  brew install node --without-npm
3)  mkdir "${HOME}/.npm-packages"
4)  echo NPM_PACKAGES="${HOME}/.npm-packages" >> ${HOME}/.bashrc
5)  echo prefix=${HOME}/.npm-packages >> ${HOME}/.npmrc
6)  curl -L https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
7)  echo NODE_PATH=\"\$NPM_PACKAGES/lib/node_modules:\$NODE_PATH\" >> ${HOME}/.bashrc
8)  echo PATH=\"\$NPM_PACKAGES/bin:\$PATH\" >> ${HOME}/.bashrc
9)  echo source "~/.bashrc" >> ${HOME}/.bash_profile
10) source ~/.bashrc