# Tutorial: Particle-cli on Mac OSX \[26 Sep 2015\]

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/tutorial-particle-cli-on-mac-osx-26-sep-2015/5225>\
**Category:** Tutorials\
**Created:** [June 20, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/tutorial-particle-cli-on-mac-osx-26-sep-2015/5225 "2014-06-20T14:22:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/tutorial-particle-cli-on-mac-osx-26-sep-2015/5225/110 "2015-09-04T01:54:20Z")

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> [@Spark Particle CLI installation help](https://community.particle.io/t/spark-particle-cli-installation-help/12490):
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> When I tried to install Spark CLI and now with Particle CLI I get the following error messages: Mac-Attack:node\_modules geoff$ sudo npm install -g particle-cli Password: npm WARN engine particle-cli@1.5.11: wanted: {"node":"^0.10.0"} (current: {"node":"0.12.4","npm":"2.10.1"}) \ \> serialport@1.7.4 install /usr/local/lib/node\_modules/particle-cli/node\_modules/serialport \> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: can…

Just tested this again from scratch and it works.

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