Npm intstall

[Damian]

Sorry if this sounds silly question but should i only use npm install when mentioned in readme or shold this be used everytime to install any module? Thank you

[Mykle1]

@Damian said in Npm intstall:

should i only use npm install when mentioned in readme or shold this be used everytime to install any module?

Only when mentioned in the readme.

npm install is used to install specific dependencies for a module. Not all modules make use of dependencies. Modules that make use of dependencies don’t all use the same dependencies.

[Damian]

@Mykle1

thank you

[yawns]

On the other hand I can’t think of any negative aspect. So if in doubt, just run npm install. If it is not required, it won’t do any harm

[Damian]

@yawns

thank you

[strawberry 3.141]

@Damian if you dont intend to develop on modules you can also just do npm install --productive, which just downloads those ones needed for production and doesn’t download the development dependencies.

[Damian]

@strawberry-3.141

thank you good to know