Claude Code cant run because it cant auto-update

Upon running claude code, I get a warning that it cant auto-update. This looks like its supposed to start an interactive session, but instead it just crashes and I cant do anything. I cant even run claude /config without it crashing with the error. How do I supress this check/warning?
Note: I did "not" press anything on the screenshot, the program just exited.

I do not want claude to auto-update itself because I installed via my package manager, which should keep it up to date itself.

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terminal copy of the screenshot:

> claude

 Checking npm permissions…
Error: write EPIPE
    at afterWriteDispatched (node:internal/stream_base_commons:159:15)
    at writeGeneric (node:internal/stream_base_commons:150:3)
    at Socket._writeGeneric (node:net:971:11)
    at Socket._write (node:net:983:8)
    at writeOrBuffer (node:internal/streams/writable:570:12)
    at _write (node:internal/streams/writable:499:10)
    at Writable.write (node:internal/streams/writable:508:10)
    at n6.sendToShell (file:///usr/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.mjs:343:423)
    at file:///usr/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.mjs:340:1714
    at new Promise (<anonymous>) {
  errno: -32,
  code: 'EPIPE',
╭──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
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│ Enable automatic updates?                                                                                                                                │
│                                                                                                                                                          │
│ Claude Code can't update itself because it doesn't have sufficient permissions.                                                                          │
│                                                                                                                                                          │
│ Please visit our troubleshooting guide (​https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/agents-and-tools/claude-code/overview#auto-updater-permission-option​) to    │
│ resolve resolve permission issues and get the latest features and improvements                                                                           │
│                                                                                                                                                          │
│ Press Enter to continue…                                                                                                                                 │
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│ Current npm prefix: /usr                                                                                                                                 │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

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claude -v shows: 0.2.29 (Claude Code)