# Trouble with CLI

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/trouble-with-cli/41214>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [April 17, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/trouble-with-cli/41214 "2018-04-17T21:55:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![david3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f475e1/32.png) [@david3](https://community.particle.io/u/david3)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/trouble-with-cli/41214/1 "2018-04-17T21:55:56Z")

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I’m getting back to using the particle electron after several months, so this is probably something simple. I can’t get some commands to run without this error. I’ve already done the reinstall once and it doesn’t help.

I just noticed error in screen capture. npm version is 5.8.0

 ![38%20PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/particle/original/3X/2/f/2f0e83eca1f124029005dfdc1ede62b21485d1bb.png)

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**Author:** ![nrobinson2000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/nrobinson2000/32/15624_2.png) [@nrobinson2000](https://community.particle.io/u/nrobinson2000)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/trouble-with-cli/41214/2 "2018-04-17T22:28:12Z")

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> [@Problem with particle-cli](https://community.particle.io/t/problem-with-particle-cli/40912/2):
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> Have you tried this? sudo npm uninstall -g --unsafe-perm particle-cli sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm particle-cli

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**Author:** ![david3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f475e1/32.png) [@david3](https://community.particle.io/u/david3)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/trouble-with-cli/41214/3 "2018-04-17T22:30:32Z")

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> [@nrobinson2000](#):
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> sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm particle-cli

Thanks! I'm assuming that's an aggressive uninstall of particle-cli