# Particle CLI - problems installing

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-problems-installing/14466>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [August 17, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-problems-installing/14466 "2015-08-17T20:29:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![HardWater](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/hardwater/32/4186_2.png) [@HardWater](https://community.particle.io/u/HardWater)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-problems-installing/14466/1 "2015-08-17T20:29:13Z")

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Hi all,

I am trying to install particle cli and am getting no where

```auto

C:\Users\Diane>npm install -g particle-cli --msvs_version=2013
npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "-g" "p
article-cli" "--msvs_version=2013"
npm ERR! node v0.12.7
npm ERR! npm v2.11.3
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno EACCES
npm ERR! syscall connect

npm ERR! Error: connect EACCES
npm ERR! at exports._errnoException (util.js:746:11)
npm ERR! at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1010:19)
npm ERR! { [Error: connect EACCES] code: 'EACCES', errno: 'EACCES', syscall: 'connect' }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

```

Just because I am sure it will come up the command shows it is run as Administrator

I getting a 500 back from github when trying to go to that repository

Any Idea what might be wrong?

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**Author:** ![kennethlimcp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c0e974/32.png) [@kennethlimcp](https://community.particle.io/u/kennethlimcp)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-problems-installing/14466/2 "2015-08-17T22:50:26Z")

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Try this: `sudo npm install -g particle-cli`