title: npm install Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink '../mkdirp/bin/cmd.js'
body: <p>Still failed even after reinstall node and npm.<br>
  Here is the full error message  </p>
  
  <pre><code>npm ERR! Linux 4.8.0-34-generic
  npm ERR! argv "/home/lt1pchanifa/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.3/bin/node" "/home/lt1pchanifa/.nvm/versions/node/v6.9.3/bin/npm" "install"
  npm ERR! node v6.9.3
  npm ERR! npm  v4.0.5
  npm ERR! path ../mkdirp/bin/cmd.js
  npm ERR! code EPERM
  npm ERR! errno -1
  npm ERR! syscall symlink
  
  npm ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink '../mkdirp/bin/cmd.js' -&gt; '/media/lt1pchanifa/B0D0-8B34/Edwin/thinkster-ng2/node_modules/@angular-cli/ast-tools/node_modules/.bin/mkdirp'
  npm ERR!     at Error (native)
  npm ERR!  { Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink '../mkdirp/bin/cmd.js' -&gt; '/media/lt1pchanifa/B0D0-8B34/Edwin/thinkster-ng2/node_modules/@angular-cli/ast-tools/node_modules/.bin/mkdirp'
  npm ERR!     at Error (native)
  npm ERR!   errno: -1,
  npm ERR!   code: 'EPERM',
  npm ERR!   syscall: 'symlink',
  npm ERR!   path: '../mkdirp/bin/cmd.js',
  npm ERR!   dest: '/media/lt1pchanifa/B0D0-8B34/Edwin/thinkster-ng2/node_modules/@angular-cli/ast-tools/node_modules/.bin/mkdirp',
  npm ERR!   parent: '@angular-cli/ast-tools' }
  </code></pre>