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npm strips one directory layer when installing the package (an equivalent of tar x -strip-components=1 is run). The package contents should reside in a subfolder inside the tarball (usually it is called package/). To link a dev directory into your npm root, you can do this more easily by Install a package that is sitting on the filesystem.

Toplevel node_modules as they would for other types of dependencies. Inside the root of your project, its dependencies may be hoisted to the Its dependencies will be installed before it's linked. Install the package in the directory as a symlink in the current project.

NOTE: The -production flag has no particular meaning when adding a To install all modules listed in both dependenciesĪnd devDependencies when NODE_ENV environment variable is set to production, Is set to production), npm will not install modules listed inĭevDependencies. With the -production flag (or when the NODE_ENV environment variable It installs the current package context (ie, the current workingīy default, npm install will install all modules listed as dependencies In global mode (ie, with -g or -global appended to the command), Install the dependencies in the local node_modules folder. Npm install (in package directory, no arguments): Perhaps if you also want to be able to easily install it elsewhere f) a that has a 'latest' tag satisfying (e)Įven if you never publish your package, you can still get a lot ofīenefits of using npm if you just want to write a node program (a), and.e) a (see npm dist-tag) that points to (d).d) a that is published on the registry (see registry) with (c).a) a folder containing a program described by a package.json file.See package-lock.json and npm shrinkwrap. Will be driven by that, with an npm-shrinkwrap.json taking precedence if bothįiles exist. Package has a package-lock or shrinkwrap file, the installation of dependencies

This command installs a package, and any packages that it depends on.