If # is provided, it will be used to clone exactly thatĬommit. is one of git, git+ssh, git+http, git+https, or Interpret this as a GitHub repository instead, see below. Note: if you do not include the on your scope name, npm will The given scope the default registry is assumed. The package will be downloaded from the registryĪssociated with the specified scope. B, -save-bundle: Saved dependencies will also be added to yourįurther, if you have an npm-shrinkwrap.json or package-lock.json E, -save-exact: Saved dependencies will be configured with anĮxact version rather than using npm's default semver range operator. Package.json, there are two additional, optional flags: When using any of the above options to save dependencies to your no-save: Prevents saving to dependencies. O, -save-optional: Package will appear in your D, -save-dev: Package will appear in your devDependencies. Is the default unless -D or -O are present. P, -save-prod: Package will appear in your dependencies. Npm install saves any specified packages into dependencies by default.Īdditionally, you can control where and how they get saved with some The package must contain a package.json file with name and When installing the package (an equivalent of tar x The package contents should reside in a subfolder inside the tarball Want to link a dev directory into your npm root, you can do this more Install a package that is sitting on the filesystem. sits inside the root of your project, its dependencies mayīe hoisted to the top-level node_modules as they would for other

Its dependencies will be installed before it's linked. Install the package in the directory as a symlink in the current NOTE: The -production flag has no particular meaning when adding a Variable is set to production, you can use -production=false. To install all modules listed in bothĭependencies and devDependencies when NODE_ENV environment Variable is set to production), npm will not install modules listed With the -production flag (or when the NODE_ENV environment It installs the current package context (ie, the current workingīy default, npm install will install all modules listed as In global mode (ie, with -g or -global appended to the command), Install the dependencies in the local node_modules folder. Npm install (in a package directory, no arguments): You also want to be able to easily install it elsewhere after packing it up Of using npm if you just want to write a node program (a), and perhaps if

f) a that has a 'latest' tag satisfying (e)Įven if you never publish your package, you can still get a lot of benefits.

d) a that is published on the registry (see.a) a folder containing a program described by a.The installation of dependencies will be driven by that, respecting the Package has a package-lock, or an npm shrinkwrap file, or a yarn lock file, This command installs a package and any packages that it depends on.

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