Some distributions don't allow you to log in as root and since the npm foundation install is globally available on the system, sudo will be required.
npm install --global foundation-cli
```
+Some Linux distributions may require you to run the command as root:
+
+```bash
+sudo npm install --global foundation-cli
+```
+
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<p>If you already have the Foundation 5 CLI on your machine, you will only be able to access one of the commands, depending on how your command line environment is configured.</p>