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npm install is a command in the npm CLI that searches for and installs a specified package from an npm repository.

is a package manager for .

npm install <packagename> is a command in the npm CLI that searches for and installs a specified package from an npm repository. In addition, it will install any packages that the specified package depends on.

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How to install an npm package from GitHub directly

Trying to install modules from GitHub results in this error: ENOENT error on package.json. Easily reproduced using express: npm install https://github.com/visionmedia/express throws error. npm install express works. Why can't I install from…
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xcode-select active developer directory error

Saw the following error when running an npm install which required node-gyp... but could be triggered by anything which requires xcode-select. xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory…
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Why does "npm install" rewrite package-lock.json?

I just recently upgraded to npm@5. I now have a package-lock.json file with everything from package.json. I would expect that, when I run npm install that the dependency versions would be pulled from the lock file to determine what should be…
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What is the difference between "npm install" and "npm ci"?

I'm working with continuous integration and discovered the npm ci command. I can't figure what the advantages are of using this command for my workflow. Is it faster? Does it make the test harder, okay, and after?
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Installing a local module using npm?

I have a downloaded module repo, I want to install it locally, not globally in another directory? What is an easy way to do this?
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What does 'x packages are looking for funding' mean when running `npm install`?

I usually get "x packages are looking for funding." when running npm install on a react project. Any idea what that means?
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How to solve npm error "npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE"

I'm trying to learn react, so I have this sample code for the full-stack react voting app, and I am trying to get it to work but after running npm install followed by npm start I receive the following error when I run npm start can anyone help me…
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What does npm install --legacy-peer-deps do exactly? When is it recommended / What's a potential use case?

Just ran into this error: npm ERR! code ERESOLVE npm ERR! ERESOLVE unable to resolve dependency tree npm ERR! npm ERR! While resolving: nexttwin@0.1.0 npm ERR! Found: react@17.0.1 npm ERR! node_modules/react npm ERR! react@"17.0.1" from the root…
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NPM Install Error:Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near '...nt-webpack-plugin":"0'

When creating a new Angular 5 project: node version: 8.9.2 npm version: 5.5.1 My Command is: npm install -g @angular/cli The Error is: npm ERR! **Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near '...nt-webpack-plugin":"0'** npm ERR! A complete log…
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Cannot install NodeJs: /usr/bin/env: node: No such file or directory

I'm trying to install nodeJs into my Ubuntu 14.04 in order to use GruntJs. I've read about Ubuntu different way of doing it (issues?), so this is what I've done in order to install it: sudo apt-get install npm sudo npm install -g grunt-cli Typing…
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How do I fix the npm UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY warning?

I'm on Windows 10, with Node 5.6.0 and npm 3.6.0. I'm trying to install angular-material and mdi into my working folder. npm install angular-material mdi errors with: +-- angular@1.5.0 +-- UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY angular-animate@^1.5.0 +-- UNMET…
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Install specific branch from github using Npm

I would like to install bootstrap-loader from github in my project using npm Currently they are maintaining two version of this project which are comaptible with webpack version 1 and 2. I would like to install version 1. What npm command I should…
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Do I need both package-lock.json and package.json?

After updating my NPM to the latest version (from 3.X to 5.2.0) and running npm install on an existing project, I get an auto-created package-lock.json file. I can tell package-lock.json gives me an exact dependency tree as opposed to…
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How to update TypeScript to latest version with npm?

Currently I have TypeScript 1.0.3.0 version installed on my machine. I want to update it to latest one i.e. 2.0. How to do this with npm?
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"You are running create-react-app 4.0.3 which is behind the latest release (5.0.0)"

I got an error while creating a React application. How do I fix it?
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