[BUG] EACCES error with `npm remove` on npm@7.7.0

[erunion]

Current Behavior:

$ npm remove react
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! syscall open
npm ERR! path /usr/local/package-lock.json
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/usr/local/package-lock.json'
npm ERR!  [Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/usr/local/package-lock.json'] {
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'open',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/package-lock.json'
npm ERR! }
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.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/jon/.npm/_logs/2021-03-23T21_03_16_479Z-debug.log

Expected Behavior:

Package should be removed.

Running npm install -g npm@7.6 and re-running npm remove react I do not get this error.

Steps To Reproduce:

1. npm install -g npm@7.7
2. npm remove any package
3. See error

Environment:

• OS: OSX 10.14.6
• Node: 14.15.1
• npm: 7.7.0

[T00rk]

Same problem

[ruyadorno]

fixed in npm@7.7.1, thanks for the quick report @erunion

[erunion]

ty @ruyadorno! glad it wasn't just me 😄