installation fails (macOS Catalina)

[hugebdu]

• node v12.19.0 (nvm managed)
• npm v6.14.8

running sudo npm install -g llnode fails with

> [email protected] preinstall /Users/daniels/.nvm/versions/node/v12.19.0/lib/node_modules/llnode
> node scripts/configure.js

Build dir is: /Users/daniels/.nvm/versions/node/v12.19.0/lib/node_modules/llnode
Using lldb executable lldb

Looking for llvm-config...
No llvm-config found

Reading lldb version...
Deduced lldb version from Xcode version: Xcode 12.1 -> lldb 3.9
Installing llnode for lldb, lldb version 3.9

Looking for headers for lldb 3.9...
Could not find the headers, will download them later

Looking for shared libraries for lldb 3.9...
Could not find the shared libraries
llnode will be linked to the LLDB shared framework from the Xcode installation

Cloning lldb release_39 into /Users/user/.nvm/versions/node/v12.19.0/lib/node_modules/llnode/lldb-3.9
fatal: could not create work tree dir '/Users/user/.nvm/versions/node/v12.19.0/lib/node_modules/llnode/lldb-3.9': Permission denied
child_process.js:656
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Command failed: git clone --depth 1 --branch release_39 https://github.com/llvm-mirror/lldb.git /Users/daniels/.nvm/versions/node/v12.19.0/lib/node_modules/llnode/lldb-3.9
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:635:11)
    at Object.execFileSync (child_process.js:653:15)
    at Object.cloneHeaders (/Users/daniels/.nvm/versions/node/v12.19.0/lib/node_modules/llnode/scripts/lldb.js:47:19)

[No9]

As per the install instructions Never install llnode with sudo https://github.com/nodejs/llnode/blob/master/README.md#quick-start I’m not an nvm user but it looks like it’s trying to do the right thing anyway by installing it into your user directories so the install without sudo should “just work”