On Debian unstable (2023-07), follow https://github.com/nodesource/distributions#debmanual
>>> sudo apt install --no-install-recommends nodejs npm
Reading package lists... Done
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0 upgraded, 356 newly installed, 0 to remove and 56 not upgraded.
Need to get 25.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 158 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
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Setting up npm (9.2.0~ds1-1) ...
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>>> node --version
v18.13.0
On macOS, find Node.js with homebrew
>>> brew search node
Install latest Node.js version or specific version
>>> brew install node # or certain version like 'node@16'
>>> node --version
v18.16.0
>>> node --eval='console.log(process.env.SHELL)'
/usr/local/bin/bash
Node.js Read-Eval-Print Loop (REPL)
>>> node
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Welcome to Node.js v18.16.0.
Type ".help" for more information.
> let { Buffer } = await import('node:buffer')
undefined
> console.log(Buffer.from('汉字,中文', 'utf8'));
<Buffer e6 b1 89 e5 ad 97 ef bc 8c e4 b8 ad e6 96 87>
undefined
> const { isBuiltin } = await import('node:module') undefined > isBuiltin('node:fs') true > isBuiltin('wss') false > isBuiltin('process') true
Package manager npm
was installed with Node.js
>>> npm --version
9.6.6
Place actual NPM config under XDG_CONFIG_HOME
>>> cat <<EOF > ~/.config/npm/npmrc
prefix="$XDG_DATA_HOME/npm"
registry=https://registry.npmmirror.com/
EOF
>>> cd && ln -sf .config/npm/npmrc ~/.npmrc
Find out global NPM root directory
>>> npm --global prefix
.../.local/share/npm
>>> npm get registry
https://registry.npmjs.org/
Setup NPM mainland China mirror
With registry pointing to https://registry.npmmirror.com/ , npm search doesn't work (sometimes?), use the following to search available package
>>> npm --registry=https://registry.npmjs.org search cloudflare
NAME | DESCRIPTION | AUTHOR | DATE | VERSION | KEYWORDS
cloudflare | CloudFlare API… | =terinjokes | 2021-08-30 | 2.9.1 | cloudflare api
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>>> npm info wrangler
[email protected] | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | deps: 13 | versions: 1733
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published 2 days ago by wrangler-publisher <[email protected]>
>>> npm --global install @typescript-eslint/parser @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin eslint typescript
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added 183 packages in 12s
List globally installed package
>>> npm --global list
.../.local/share/npm/lib
├── ...
...
└── [email protected]
update global package
>>> npm --global update
npm WARN deprecated ...
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added 148 packages, removed 96 packages, and changed 717 packages in 2m
>>> npm help
npm <command>
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access, adduser, audit, bugs, cache, ci, completion,
config, dedupe, deprecate, diff, dist-tag, docs, doctor,
edit, exec, explain, explore, find-dupes, fund, get, help,
hook, init, install, install-ci-test, install-test, link,
ll, login, logout, ls, org, outdated, owner, pack, ping,
pkg, prefix, profile, prune, publish, query, rebuild, repo,
restart, root, run-script, search, set, shrinkwrap, star,
stars, start, stop, team, test, token, uninstall, unpublish,
unstar, update, version, view, whoami
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Specify configs in the ini-formatted file:
/Users/.../.npmrc
or on the command line via: npm <command> --key=value
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More configuration info: npm help config
Configuration fields: npm help 7 config
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[email protected] /Users/.../.local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/npm
>>> npm help npm