NPM Commands

Abreviated version of npm install

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npm i

Install

Install everything in package.json

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npm install

Install everything in package.json, except devDependecies

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npm install --production

Install a package

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npm install lodash

Install as devDependency

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npm install --save-dev lodash

Install with exact

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npm install --save-exact lodash

--save is the default as of npm@5. Previously, using npm install without --save doesn't update package.json.

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npm i sax

Specify tag latest

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npm i sax@latest

Specify version 3.0.0

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npm i sax@3.0.0

Specify version range

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npm i sax@">=1 <2.0"

Scoped NPM package

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npm i @org/sax

Install from GitHub

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npm i user/repo

Install branch from GitHub

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npm i user/repo#master

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npm i github:user/repo

GitLab

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npm i gitlab:user/repo

Install from repo on Absolute path

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npm i /path/to/repo

Install from Tarball

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npm i ./archive.tgz

Install from Tarball via HTTP

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npm i https://site.com/archive.tgz

Listing

Lists the installed versions of all dependencies in this software

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npm list

Lists the installed versions of all globally installed packages

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npm list -g --depth 0

Lists the latest versions of all dependencies in this software

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npm view

Lists only the dependencies in this software which are outdated

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npm outdated

Updating

Update production packages

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npm update

Update dev packages

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npm update --dev

Update global package

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npm update -g

Update a package

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npm update lodash

Misc features

Add someone as an owner

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npm owner add USERNAME PACKAGENAME

list packages

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npm ls

Adds warning to those that install a package of old versions

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npm deprecate PACKAGE@"< 0.2.0" "critical bug fixed in v0.2.0"

update all packages, or selected packages

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npm update [-g] PACKAGE

Check for outdated packages

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npm outdated [PACKAGE]

Lock down dependency versions

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npm shrinkwrap

Interactively create a package.json file

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npm init

Locally edit a dependency

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npm edit <module_name>

Setup editor for npm edit

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npm config set editor "sublime"

Publish a package not under the default "latest" tag

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npm publish --tag beta

Search the registry for packages matching terms

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npm search [search terms]

Uninstall a package, completely removing everything npm installed on its behalf

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npm uninstall <name>