tldr/pages/common/npm.md

npm

JavaScript and Node.js package manager. Manage Node.js projects and their module dependencies. More information: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/npm.

• Create a package.json file with default values (omit --yes to do it interactively):

npm init {{[-y|--yes]}}

• Download all the packages listed as dependencies in package.json:

npm {{[i|install]}}

• Download a specific version of a package and add it to the list of dependencies in package.json:

npm {{[i|install]}} {{package_name}}@{{version}}

• Download the latest version of a package and add it to the list of dev dependencies in package.json:

npm {{[i|install]}} {{package_name}} {{[-D|--save-dev]}}

• Download the latest version of a package and install it globally:

npm {{[i|install]}} {{[-g|--global]}} {{package_name}}

• Uninstall a package and remove it from the list of dependencies in package.json:

npm {{[r|uninstall]}} {{package_name}}

• List all locally installed dependencies:

npm {{[ls|list]}}

• List all top-level globally installed packages:

npm {{[ls|list]}} {{[-g|--global]}} --depth {{0}}