
This will tell the new npm where the global installed packages are. Go into %ProgramFiles%\nodejs\node_modules\npm and copy the file named npmrc in the new npm folder, which should be %appdata%\npm\node_modules\npm.Npm install you installed npm with the node.js installer, after doing one of the previous steps, do the following. Then open cmd.exe as an administrator and run the following commands: Option 3: Navigate to %ProgramFiles%\nodejs\node_modules\npm and copy the npmrcfile to another folder or the desktop. Remember that you'll need to restart cmd.exe (and potentially restart Windows) when you make changes to PATH or how npm is installed. Option 1: edit your Windows installation's PATH to put %appdata%\npm before %ProgramFiles%\nodejs. On your PATH, it will always use the version of npm installed with node instead of the version of npm you installed using npm -g install get around this, you can do one of the following: Npm's globally installed packages (including, potentially, npm itself) are stored separately in a user-specific directory (which is currently A corresponding name and version number entry are added to the dependencies field of your package.json.Įxample package.By default, npm is installed alongside node in When you install a package without specifying a version like npm install request, npm downloads the latest version of the package to your node_modules/ folder.


Watch: What is Semantic Versioning (SemVer)? Understanding package versions Introduction to the Node Package Manager (NPM).Understand how version numbers are used by npm.
