From 81ffd9ea7ad4f109a587ec50febfc55e12a3cd90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Gee Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 19:39:06 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] "directly" caused confusion in past, reword --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9122049..c15499e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Since you probably already have `node`, the easiest way to install `n` is throug npm install -g n -Once installed, `n` caches `node` versions in subdirectory `n/versions` of the directory specified in environment variable `N_PREFIX`, which defaults to `/usr/local`; and the _active_ `node` version is installed directly in `N_PREFIX`. +Once installed, `n` caches `node` versions in subdirectory `n/versions` of the directory specified in environment variable `N_PREFIX`, which defaults to `/usr/local`; and the _active_ `node` version is installed under `N_PREFIX`. To avoid requiring `sudo` for `n` and `npm` global installs, it is suggested you either install to your home directory using `N_PREFIX`, or take ownership of the system directories: