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| <h1><a href="../cli/npm-install.html">npm-install</a></h1> <p>Install a package</p> | |
| <h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2> | |
| <pre><code>npm install (with no args, in package dir) | |
| npm install [<@scope>/]<name> | |
| npm install [<@scope>/]<name>@<tag> | |
| npm install [<@scope>/]<name>@<version> | |
| npm install [<@scope>/]<name>@<version range> | |
| npm install <tarball file> | |
| npm install <tarball url> | |
| npm install <folder> | |
| 
 | |
| alias: npm i | |
| common options: [-S|--save|-D|--save-dev|-O|--save-optional] [-E|--save-exact] [-B|--save-bundle] [--dry-run] | |
| </code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2> | |
| <p>This command installs a package, and any packages that it depends on. If the | |
| package has a shrinkwrap file, the installation of dependencies will be driven | |
| by that. See <a href="../cli/npm-shrinkwrap.html">npm-shrinkwrap(1)</a>.</p> | |
| <p>A <code>package</code> is:</p> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li>a) a folder containing a program described by a <code><a href="../files/package.json.html">package.json(5)</a></code> file</li> | |
| <li>b) a gzipped tarball containing (a)</li> | |
| <li>c) a url that resolves to (b)</li> | |
| <li>d) a <code><name>@<version></code> that is published on the registry (see <code><a href="../misc/npm-registry.html">npm-registry(7)</a></code>) with (c)</li> | |
| <li>e) a <code><name>@<tag></code> (see <code><a href="../cli/npm-dist-tag.html">npm-dist-tag(1)</a></code>) that points to (d)</li> | |
| <li>f) a <code><name></code> that has a "latest" tag satisfying (e)</li> | |
| <li>g) a <code><git remote url></code> that resolves to (a)</li> | |
| </ul> | |
| <p>Even if you never publish your package, you can still get a lot of | |
| benefits of using npm if you just want to write a node program (a), and | |
| perhaps if you also want to be able to easily install it elsewhere | |
| after packing it up into a tarball (b).</p> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li><p><code>npm install</code> (in package directory, no arguments):</p> | |
| <p>  Install the dependencies in the local node_modules folder.</p> | |
| <p>  In global mode (ie, with <code>-g</code> or <code>--global</code> appended to the command), | |
|   it installs the current package context (ie, the current working | |
|   directory) as a global package.</p> | |
| <p>  By default, <code>npm install</code> will install all modules listed as dependencies | |
|   in <code><a href="../files/package.json.html">package.json(5)</a></code>.</p> | |
| <p>  With the <code>--production</code> flag (or when the <code>NODE_ENV</code> environment variable | |
|   is set to <code>production</code>), npm will not install modules listed in | |
|   <code>devDependencies</code>.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li><p><code>npm install <folder></code>:</p> | |
| <p>  Install a package that is sitting in a folder on the filesystem.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li><p><code>npm install <tarball file></code>:</p> | |
| <p>  Install a package that is sitting on the filesystem.  Note: if you just want | |
|   to link a dev directory into your npm root, you can do this more easily by | |
|   using <code>npm link</code>.</p> | |
| <p>  Example:</p> | |
| <pre><code>    npm install ./package.tgz | |
| </code></pre></li> | |
| <li><p><code>npm install <tarball url></code>:</p> | |
| <p>  Fetch the tarball url, and then install it.  In order to distinguish between | |
|   this and other options, the argument must start with "http://" or "https://"</p> | |
| <p>  Example:</p> | |
| <pre><code>    npm install https://github.com/indexzero/forever/tarball/v0.5.6 | |
| </code></pre></li> | |
| <li><p><code>npm install [<@scope>/]<name> [-S|--save|-D|--save-dev|-O|--save-optional]</code>:</p> | |
| <p>  Do a <code><name>@<tag></code> install, where <code><tag></code> is the "tag" config. (See | |
|   <code><a href="../misc/npm-config.html">npm-config(7)</a></code>. The config's default value is <code>latest</code>.)</p> | |
| <p>  In most cases, this will install the latest version | |
|   of the module published on npm.</p> | |
| <p>  Example:</p> | |
| <pre><code>    npm install sax | |
| </code></pre><p>  <code>npm install</code> takes 3 exclusive, optional flags which save or update | |
|   the package version in your main package.json:</p> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li><p><code>-S, --save</code>: Package will appear in your <code>dependencies</code>.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li><p><code>-D, --save-dev</code>: Package will appear in your <code>devDependencies</code>.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li><p><code>-O, --save-optional</code>: Package will appear in your <code>optionalDependencies</code>.</p> | |
| <p>When using any of the above options to save dependencies to your | |
| package.json, there are two additional, optional flags:</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li><p><code>-E, --save-exact</code>: Saved dependencies will be configured with an | |
| exact version rather than using npm's default semver range | |
| operator.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li><p><code>-B, --save-bundle</code>: Saved dependencies will also be added to your <code>bundleDependencies</code> list.</p> | |
| <p>Further, if you have an <code>npm-shrinkwrap.json</code> then it will be updated as | |
| well.</p> | |
| <p><code><scope></code> is optional. The package will be downloaded from the registry | |
| associated with the specified scope. If no registry is associated with | |
| the given scope the default registry is assumed. See <code><a href="../misc/npm-scope.html">npm-scope(7)</a></code>.</p> | |
| <p>Note: if you do not include the @-symbol on your scope name, npm will | |
| interpret this as a GitHub repository instead, see below. Scopes names | |
| must also be followed by a slash.</p> | |
| <p>Examples:</p> | |
| <pre><code>npm install sax --save | |
| npm install githubname/reponame | |
| npm install @myorg/privatepackage | |
| npm install node-tap --save-dev | |
| npm install dtrace-provider --save-optional | |
| npm install readable-stream --save --save-exact | |
| npm install ansi-regex --save --save-bundle | |
| </code></pre></li> | |
| </ul> | |
| </li> | |
| </ul> | |
| <pre><code>**Note**: If there is a file or folder named `<name>` in the current | |
| working directory, then it will try to install that, and only try to | |
| fetch the package by name if it is not valid. | |
| </code></pre><ul> | |
| <li><p><code>npm install [<@scope>/]<name>@<tag></code>:</p> | |
| <p>  Install the version of the package that is referenced by the specified tag. | |
|   If the tag does not exist in the registry data for that package, then this | |
|   will fail.</p> | |
| <p>  Example:</p> | |
| <pre><code>    npm install sax@latest | |
|     npm install @myorg/mypackage@latest | |
| </code></pre></li> | |
| <li><p><code>npm install [<@scope>/]<name>@<version></code>:</p> | |
| <p>  Install the specified version of the package.  This will fail if the | |
|   version has not been published to the registry.</p> | |
| <p>  Example:</p> | |
| <pre><code>    npm install sax@0.1.1 | |
|     npm install @myorg/privatepackage@1.5.0 | |
| </code></pre></li> | |
| <li><p><code>npm install [<@scope>/]<name>@<version range></code>:</p> | |
| <p>  Install a version of the package matching the specified version range.  This | |
|   will follow the same rules for resolving dependencies described in <code><a href="../files/package.json.html">package.json(5)</a></code>.</p> | |
| <p>  Note that most version ranges must be put in quotes so that your shell will | |
|   treat it as a single argument.</p> | |
| <p>  Example:</p> | |
| <pre><code>    npm install sax@">=0.1.0 <0.2.0" | |
|     npm install @myorg/privatepackage@">=0.1.0 <0.2.0" | |
| </code></pre></li> | |
| <li><p><code>npm install <git remote url></code>:</p> | |
| <p>  Installs the package from the hosted git provider, cloning it with | |
|   <code>git</code>. First it tries via the https (git with github) and if that fails, via ssh.</p> | |
| <pre><code>    <protocol>://[<user>[:<password>]@]<hostname>[:<port>][:][/]<path>[#<commit-ish>] | |
| </code></pre><p>  <code><protocol></code> is one of <code>git</code>, <code>git+ssh</code>, <code>git+http</code>, <code>git+https</code>, | |
|   or <code>git+file</code>. | |
|   If no <code><commit-ish></code> is specified, then <code>master</code> is used.</p> | |
| <p>  If the repository makes use of submodules, those submodules will | |
|   be cloned as well.</p> | |
| <p>  The following git environment variables are recognized by npm and will be added | |
|   to the environment when running git:</p> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li><code>GIT_ASKPASS</code></li> | |
| <li><code>GIT_EXEC_PATH</code></li> | |
| <li><code>GIT_PROXY_COMMAND</code></li> | |
| <li><code>GIT_SSH</code></li> | |
| <li><code>GIT_SSH_COMMAND</code></li> | |
| <li><code>GIT_SSL_CAINFO</code></li> | |
| <li><p><code>GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY</code></p> | |
| <p>See the git man page for details.</p> | |
| <p>Examples:</p> | |
| <pre><code>npm install git+ssh://git@github.com:npm/npm.git#v1.0.27 | |
| npm install git+https://isaacs@github.com/npm/npm.git | |
| npm install git://github.com/npm/npm.git#v1.0.27 | |
| GIT_SSH_COMMAND='ssh -i ~/.ssh/custom_ident' npm install git+ssh://git@github.com:npm/npm.git | |
| </code></pre></li> | |
| </ul> | |
| </li> | |
| <li><p><code>npm install <githubname>/<githubrepo>[#<commit-ish>]</code>:</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li><p><code>npm install github:<githubname>/<githubrepo>[#<commit-ish>]</code>:</p> | |
| <p>  Install the package at <code>https://github.com/githubname/githubrepo</code> by | |
|   attempting to clone it using <code>git</code>.</p> | |
| <p>  If you don't specify a <em>commit-ish</em> then <code>master</code> will be used.</p> | |
| <p>  Examples:</p> | |
| <pre><code>    npm install mygithubuser/myproject | |
|     npm install github:mygithubuser/myproject | |
| </code></pre></li> | |
| <li><p><code>npm install gist:[<githubname>/]<gistID>[#<commit-ish>]</code>:</p> | |
| <p>  Install the package at <code>https://gist.github.com/gistID</code> by attempting to | |
|   clone it using <code>git</code>. The GitHub username associated with the gist is | |
|   optional and will not be saved in <code>package.json</code> if <code>-S</code> or <code>--save</code> is used.</p> | |
| <p>  If you don't specify a <em>commit-ish</em> then <code>master</code> will be used.</p> | |
| <p>  Example:</p> | |
| <pre><code>    npm install gist:101a11beef | |
| </code></pre></li> | |
| <li><p><code>npm install bitbucket:<bitbucketname>/<bitbucketrepo>[#<commit-ish>]</code>:</p> | |
| <p>  Install the package at <code>https://bitbucket.org/bitbucketname/bitbucketrepo</code> | |
|   by attempting to clone it using <code>git</code>.</p> | |
| <p>  If you don't specify a <em>commit-ish</em> then <code>master</code> will be used.</p> | |
| <p>  Example:</p> | |
| <pre><code>    npm install bitbucket:mybitbucketuser/myproject | |
| </code></pre></li> | |
| <li><p><code>npm install gitlab:<gitlabname>/<gitlabrepo>[#<commit-ish>]</code>:</p> | |
| <p>  Install the package at <code>https://gitlab.com/gitlabname/gitlabrepo</code> | |
|   by attempting to clone it using <code>git</code>.</p> | |
| <p>  If you don't specify a <em>commit-ish</em> then <code>master</code> will be used.</p> | |
| <p>  Example:</p> | |
| <pre><code>    npm install gitlab:mygitlabuser/myproject | |
| </code></pre></li> | |
| </ul> | |
| <p>You may combine multiple arguments, and even multiple types of arguments. | |
| For example:</p> | |
| <pre><code>npm install sax@">=0.1.0 <0.2.0" bench supervisor | |
| </code></pre><p>The <code>--tag</code> argument will apply to all of the specified install targets. If a | |
| tag with the given name exists, the tagged version is preferred over newer | |
| versions.</p> | |
| <p>The <code>--dry-run</code> argument will report in the usual way what the install would | |
| have done without actually installing anything.</p> | |
| <p>The <code>-f</code> or <code>--force</code> argument will force npm to fetch remote resources even if a | |
| local copy exists on disk.</p> | |
| <pre><code>npm install sax --force | |
| </code></pre><p>The <code>-g</code> or <code>--global</code> argument will cause npm to install the package globally | |
| rather than locally.  See <code><a href="../files/npm-folders.html">npm-folders(5)</a></code>.</p> | |
| <p>The <code>--global-style</code> argument will cause npm to install the package into | |
| your local <code>node_modules</code> folder with the same layout it uses with the | |
| global <code>node_modules</code> folder. Only your direct dependencies will show in | |
| <code>node_modules</code> and everything they depend on will be flattened in their | |
| <code>node_modules</code> folders. This obviously will eliminate some deduping.</p> | |
| <p>The <code>--ignore-scripts</code> argument will cause npm to not execute any  | |
| scripts defined in the package.json. See <code><a href="../misc/npm-scripts.html">npm-scripts(7)</a></code>.</p> | |
| <p>The <code>--legacy-bundling</code> argument will cause npm to install the package such | |
| that versions of npm prior to 1.4, such as the one included with node 0.8, | |
| can install the package. This eliminates all automatic deduping.</p> | |
| <p>The <code>--link</code> argument will cause npm to link global installs into the | |
| local space in some cases.</p> | |
| <p>The <code>--no-bin-links</code> argument will prevent npm from creating symlinks for | |
| any binaries the package might contain.</p> | |
| <p>The <code>--no-optional</code> argument will prevent optional dependencies from | |
| being installed.</p> | |
| <p>The <code>--no-shrinkwrap</code> argument, which will ignore an available | |
| shrinkwrap file and use the package.json instead.</p> | |
| <p>The <code>--nodedir=/path/to/node/source</code> argument will allow npm to find the | |
| node source code so that npm can compile native modules.</p> | |
| <p>The <code>--only={prod[uction]|dev[elopment]}</code> argument will cause either only | |
| <code>devDependencies</code> or only non-<code>devDependencies</code> to be installed regardless of the <code>NODE_ENV</code>.</p> | |
| <p>See <code><a href="../misc/npm-config.html">npm-config(7)</a></code>.  Many of the configuration params have some | |
| effect on installation, since that's most of what npm does.</p> | |
| <h2 id="algorithm">ALGORITHM</h2> | |
| <p>To install a package, npm uses the following algorithm:</p> | |
| <pre><code>load the existing node_modules tree from disk | |
| clone the tree | |
| fetch the package.json and assorted metadata and add it to the clone | |
| walk the clone and add any missing dependencies | |
|   dependencies will be added as close to the top as is possible | |
|   without breaking any other modules | |
| compare the original tree with the cloned tree and make a list of | |
| actions to take to convert one to the other | |
| execute all of the actions, deepest first | |
|   kinds of actions are install, update, remove and move | |
| </code></pre><p>For this <code>package{dep}</code> structure: <code>A{B,C}, B{C}, C{D}</code>, | |
| this algorithm produces:</p> | |
| <pre><code>A | |
| +-- B | |
| +-- C | |
| +-- D | |
| </code></pre><p>That is, the dependency from B to C is satisfied by the fact that A | |
| already caused C to be installed at a higher level. D is still installed | |
| at the top level because nothing conflicts with it.</p> | |
| <p>For <code>A{B,C}, B{C,D@1}, C{D@2}</code>, this algorithm produces:</p> | |
| <pre><code>A | |
| +-- B | |
| +-- C | |
|    `-- D@2 | |
| +-- D@1 | |
| </code></pre><p>Because B's D@1 will be installed in the top level, C now has to install D@2 | |
| privately for itself.</p> | |
| <p>See <a href="../files/npm-folders.html">npm-folders(5)</a> for a more detailed description of the specific | |
| folder structures that npm creates.</p> | |
| <h3 id="limitations-of-npm-s-install-algorithm">Limitations of npm's Install Algorithm</h3> | |
| <p>npm will refuse to install any package with an identical name to the | |
| current package. This can be overridden with the <code>--force</code> flag, but in | |
| most cases can simply be addressed by changing the local package name.</p> | |
| <p>There are some very rare and pathological edge-cases where a cycle can | |
| cause npm to try to install a never-ending tree of packages.  Here is | |
| the simplest case:</p> | |
| <pre><code>A -> B -> A' -> B' -> A -> B -> A' -> B' -> A -> ... | |
| </code></pre><p>where <code>A</code> is some version of a package, and <code>A'</code> is a different version | |
| of the same package.  Because <code>B</code> depends on a different version of <code>A</code> | |
| than the one that is already in the tree, it must install a separate | |
| copy.  The same is true of <code>A'</code>, which must install <code>B'</code>.  Because <code>B'</code> | |
| depends on the original version of <code>A</code>, which has been overridden, the | |
| cycle falls into infinite regress.</p> | |
| <p>To avoid this situation, npm flat-out refuses to install any | |
| <code>name@version</code> that is already present anywhere in the tree of package | |
| folder ancestors.  A more correct, but more complex, solution would be | |
| to symlink the existing version into the new location.  If this ever | |
| affects a real use-case, it will be investigated.</p> | |
| <h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li><a href="../files/npm-folders.html">npm-folders(5)</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="../cli/npm-update.html">npm-update(1)</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="../cli/npm-link.html">npm-link(1)</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="../cli/npm-rebuild.html">npm-rebuild(1)</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="../misc/npm-scripts.html">npm-scripts(7)</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="../cli/npm-build.html">npm-build(1)</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="../cli/npm-config.html">npm-config(1)</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="../misc/npm-config.html">npm-config(7)</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="../files/npmrc.html">npmrc(5)</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="../misc/npm-registry.html">npm-registry(7)</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="../cli/npm-dist-tag.html">npm-dist-tag(1)</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="../cli/npm-uninstall.html">npm-uninstall(1)</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="../cli/npm-shrinkwrap.html">npm-shrinkwrap(1)</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="../files/package.json.html">package.json(5)</a></li> | |
| </ul> | |
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