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How to remove the need of sudo when doing npm -g
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Quick guide for installing node through NVM in a way that avoids the use of sudo.
1. [First read this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/24404451)
2. [Then add this fix.](https://github.com/creationix/nvm/issues/586#issuecomment-68220064)
Now doing npm install -g yo won't make this complaint:
[Error] npm root value is not in your NODE_PATH
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