Alternatives to installing npm packages globally

This content originally appeared on 2ality – JavaScript and more and was authored by Dr. Axel Rauschmayer

There are two ways in which npm packages can be installed:

• Locally, into a node_modules directory that npm searches for (or creates) in the current directory and its ancestors:

  npm install some-package
  

• Globally, into a global node_modules directory:

  npm install --global some-package
  

  (Instead of the long version --global of this flag, we can also use the shorter -g.)

The latter requires root access on macOS and some other Unix platforms – which is a considerable downside. That’s why this blog post explores alternatives to global installs.

This content originally appeared on 2ality – JavaScript and more and was authored by Dr. Axel Rauschmayer

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