Next, in some other location, `npm link package-name` will create a
symlink from the local `node_modules` folder to the global symlink.
+Note that `package-name` is taken from `package.json` ,
+not from directory name.
+
When creating tarballs for `npm publish`, the linked packages are
"snapshotted" to their current state by resolving the symbolic links.
This command locks down the versions of a package's dependencies so that you can
control exactly which versions of each dependency will be used when your package
-is installed.
+is installed. The "package.json" file is still required if you want to use "npm
+install".
By default, "npm install" recursively installs the target's dependencies (as
specified in package.json), choosing the latest available version that satisfies
<p>This function should not be used programmatically. Instead, just refer
to the <code>npm.bin</code> member.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">bin — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">bin — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>This command will launch a browser, so this command may not be the most
friendly for programmatic use.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">bugs — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">bugs — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<ul><li><a href="../doc/index.html">index(1)</a></li></ul>
</div>
-<p id="footer">commands — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">commands — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<ul><li><a href="../api/npm.html">npm(3)</a></li></ul>
</div>
-<p id="footer">config — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">config — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<ul><li><a href="../api/publish.html">publish(3)</a></li><li><a href="../api/unpublish.html">unpublish(3)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/registry.html">registry(1)</a></li></ul>
</div>
-<p id="footer">deprecate — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">deprecate — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>This command will launch a browser, so this command may not be the most
friendly for programmatic use.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">docs — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">docs — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>Since this command opens an editor in a new process, be careful about where
and how this is used.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">edit — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">edit — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>The first element in the 'args' parameter must be a package name. After that is the optional command, which can be any number of strings. All of the strings will be combined into one, space-delimited command.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">explore — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">explore — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>The silent parameter is not neccessary not used, but it may in the future.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">help-search — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">help-search — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p><a href="../doc/json.html">json(1)</a></p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">init — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">init — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>Finally, 'callback' is a function that will be called when all packages have been
installed or when an error has been encountered.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">install — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">install — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>Now, any changes to the redis package will be reflected in
the package in the current working directory</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">link — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">link — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>For a list of all the available command-line configs, see <code>npm help config</code></p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">load — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">load — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
This means that if a submodule a same dependency as a parent module, then the
dependency will only be output once.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">ls — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">ls — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
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<h2 id="VERSION">VERSION</h2>
-<p>1.2.20</p>
+<p>1.2.21</p>
<h2 id="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</h2>
<pre><code>var cmd = npm.deref("unp") // cmd === "unpublish"</code></pre>
</div>
-<p id="footer">npm — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">npm — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>If the 'packages' parameter is left out, npm will check all packages.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">outdated — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">outdated — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<ul><li><a href="../api/publish.html">publish(3)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/registry.html">registry(1)</a></li></ul>
</div>
-<p id="footer">owner — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">owner — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>If no arguments are supplied, then npm packs the current package folder.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">pack — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">pack — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>This function is not useful programmatically</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">prefix — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">prefix — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>Extraneous packages are packages that are not listed on the parent
package's dependencies list.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">prune — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">prune — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<ul><li><a href="../doc/registry.html">registry(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/adduser.html">adduser(1)</a></li><li><a href="../api/owner.html">owner(3)</a></li></ul>
</div>
-<p id="footer">publish — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">publish — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>See <code>npm help build</code></p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">rebuild — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">rebuild — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<ul><li><a href="../api/start.html">start(3)</a></li><li><a href="../api/stop.html">stop(3)</a></li></ul>
</div>
-<p id="footer">restart — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">restart — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>This function is not useful programmatically.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">root — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">root — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<ul><li><a href="../doc/scripts.html">scripts(1)</a></li><li><a href="../api/test.html">test(3)</a></li><li><a href="../api/start.html">start(3)</a></li><li><a href="../api/restart.html">restart(3)</a></li><li><a href="../api/stop.html">stop(3)</a></li></ul>
</div>
-<p id="footer">run-script — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">run-script — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
and doesn't try to read your mind (it doesn't do any verb tense matching or the
like).</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">search — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">search — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>Finally, 'callback' is a function that will be called when the shrinkwrap has
been saved.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">shrinkwrap — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">shrinkwrap — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>npm can run tests on multiple packages. Just specify multiple packages
in the <code>packages</code> parameter.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">start — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">start — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>npm can run stop on multiple packages. Just specify multiple packages
in the <code>packages</code> parameter.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">stop — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">stop — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
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<ul><li>npm help json</li><li>git help submodule</li></ul>
</div>
-<p id="footer">submodule — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">submodule — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
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used. For more information about how to set this config, check
<code>man 3 npm-config</code> for programmatic usage or <code>man npm-config</code> for cli usage.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">tag — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">tag — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>npm can run tests on multiple packages. Just specify multiple packages
in the <code>packages</code> parameter.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">test — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">test — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>Finally, 'callback' is a function that will be called when all packages have been
uninstalled or when an error has been encountered.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">uninstall — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">uninstall — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>If no version is specified, or if all versions are removed then
the root package entry is removed from the registry entirely.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">unpublish — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">unpublish — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>The 'packages' argument is an array of packages to update. The 'callback' parameter will be called when done or when an error occurs.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">update — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">update — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
parameter. The difference, however, is this function will fail if it does
not have exactly one element. The only element should be a version number.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">version — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">version — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>corresponding to the list of fields selected.</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">view — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">view — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<p>This function is not useful programmatically</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">whoami — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">whoami — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<ul><li><a href="../doc/npm.html">npm(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/faq.html">faq(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/help.html">help(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/index.html">index(1)</a></li></ul>
</div>
-<p id="footer"><a href="../doc/README.html">README</a> — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer"><a href="../doc/README.html">README</a> — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<ul><li><a href="../doc/registry.html">registry(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/config.html">config(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/owner.html">owner(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/whoami.html">whoami(1)</a></li></ul>
</div>
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+<p id="footer">adduser — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<ul><li><a href="../doc/prefix.html">prefix(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/root.html">root(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/folders.html">folders(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/config.html">config(1)</a></li></ul>
</div>
-<p id="footer">bin — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">bin — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<ul><li><a href="../doc/docs.html">docs(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/view.html">view(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/publish.html">publish(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/registry.html">registry(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/config.html">config(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/json.html">json(1)</a></li></ul>
</div>
-<p id="footer">bugs — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">bugs — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
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</div>
-<p id="footer">build — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">build — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<ul><li><a href="../doc/install.html">install(1)</a></li></ul>
</div>
-<p id="footer">bundle — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">bundle — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
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</div>
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+<p id="footer">cache — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
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</div>
-<p id="footer">changelog — npm@1.2.20</p>
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<script>
;(function () {
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<ul><li><a href="../doc/developers.html">developers(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/faq.html">faq(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/npm.html">npm(1)</a></li></ul>
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<script>
;(function () {
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</div>
-<p id="footer">completion — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">completion — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<ul><li><a href="../doc/folders.html">folders(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/npm.html">npm(1)</a></li></ul>
</div>
-<p id="footer">config — npm@1.2.20</p>
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<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<ul><li><a href="../doc/ls.html">ls(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/update.html">update(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/install.html">install(1)</a></li></ul>
</div>
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<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<ul><li><a href="../doc/publish.html">publish(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/registry.html">registry(1)</a></li></ul>
</div>
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<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
<ul><li><a href="../doc/faq.html">faq(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/npm.html">npm(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/init.html">init(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/json.html">json(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/scripts.html">scripts(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/publish.html">publish(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/adduser.html">adduser(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/registry.html">registry(1)</a></li></ul>
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</div>
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<script>
;(function () {
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<script>
;(function () {
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<script>
;(function () {
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<script>
;(function () {
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<script>
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<script>
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<script>
;(function () {
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<script>
;(function () {
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<ul><li><a href="../doc/npm.html">npm(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/README.html">README</a></li><li><a href="../doc/faq.html">faq(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/folders.html">folders(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/config.html">config(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/json.html">json(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/help-search.html">help-search(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/index.html">index(1)</a></li></ul>
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<script>
;(function () {
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<p> Display npm username</p>
</div>
-<p id="footer">index — npm@1.2.20</p>
+<p id="footer">index — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
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<ul><li><a href="https://github.com/isaacs/init-package-json">https://github.com/isaacs/init-package-json</a></li><li><a href="../doc/json.html">json(1)</a></li><li><a href="../doc/version.html">version(1)</a></li></ul>
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+<p>Note that <code>package-name</code> is taken from <code>package.json</code> ,
+not from directory name.</p>
+
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For example, running <code>npm ls promzard</code> in npm's source tree will show:</p>
-<pre><code>npm@1.2.20 /path/to/npm
+<pre><code>npm@1.2.21 /path/to/npm
└─┬ init-package-json@0.0.4
└── promzard@0.1.5</code></pre>
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<script>
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<script>
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<script>
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;(function () {
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<p>This command locks down the versions of a package's dependencies so that you can
control exactly which versions of each dependency will be used when your package
-is installed.</p>
+is installed. The "package.json" file is still required if you want to use "npm
+install".</p>
<p>By default, "npm install" recursively installs the target's dependencies (as
specified in package.json), choosing the latest available version that satisfies
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<script>
;(function () {
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;(function () {
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;(function () {
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+<p id="footer">whoami — npm@1.2.21</p>
<script>
;(function () {
var wrapper = document.getElementById("wrapper")
else args = []
var cwd = path.resolve(npm.dir, p)
- var s = npm.config.get("shell")
+ var sh = npm.config.get("shell")
fs.stat(cwd, function (er, s) {
if (er || !s.isDirectory()) return cb(new Error(
"It doesn't look like "+p+" is installed."))
"\nExploring "+cwd+"\n"+
"Type 'exit' or ^D when finished\n")
- var shell = spawn(s, args, { cwd: cwd, customFds: [0, 1, 2] })
+ var shell = spawn(sh, args, { cwd: cwd, customFds: [0, 1, 2] })
shell.on("close", function (er) {
// only fail if non-interactive.
if (!args.length) return cb()
var tree = treeify(installed || [])
, pretty = prettify(tree, installed).trim()
- if (pretty) console.log(pretty)
+ if (pretty) log.write(pretty)
save(where, installed, tree, pretty, cb_)
})
}
// monkey-patch support for 0.6 child processes
require('child-process-close')
-// FIXME there really ought to be a path.split in node core
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-
var EventEmitter = require("events").EventEmitter
, npm = module.exports = new EventEmitter
, config = require("./config.js")
}
var manRoot = path.resolve(npm.config.get("prefix"), "share", "man")
asyncMap(pkg.man, function (man, cb) {
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- , stem = parseMan[1]
- , sxn = parseMan[2]
- , gz = parseMan[3] || ""
- , bn = path.basename(stem)
- , manDest = path.join( manRoot
- , "man"+sxn
- , (bn.indexOf(pkg.name) === 0 ? bn
- : pkg.name + "-" + bn)
- + "." + sxn + gz
- )
- gentlyRm( manDest
- , !npm.config.get("force") && folder
- , cb )
+ if (Array.isArray(man)) {
+ man.forEach(rm)
+ } else {
+ rm(man)
+ }
+
+ function rm(man) {
+ var parseMan = man.match(/(.*)\.([0-9]+)(\.gz)?$/)
+ , stem = parseMan[1]
+ , sxn = parseMan[2]
+ , gz = parseMan[3] || ""
+ , bn = path.basename(stem)
+ , manDest = path.join( manRoot
+ , "man"+sxn
+ , (bn.indexOf(pkg.name) === 0 ? bn
+ : pkg.name + "-" + bn)
+ + "." + sxn + gz
+ )
+ gentlyRm( manDest
+ , !npm.config.get("force") && folder
+ , cb )
+ }
}, cb)
}
symlink from the local \fBnode_modules\fR folder to the global symlink\.
.
.P
+Note that \fBpackage\-name\fR is taken from \fBpackage\.json\fR ,
+not from directory name\.
+.
+.P
When creating tarballs for \fBnpm publish\fR, the linked packages are
"snapshotted" to their current state by resolving the symbolic links\.
.
.IP "" 4
.
.nf
-npm@1.2.20 /path/to/npm
+npm@1.2.21 /path/to/npm
└─┬ init\-package\-json@0\.0\.4
└── promzard@0\.1\.5
.
.fi
.
.SH "VERSION"
-1.2.20
+1.2.21
.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
npm is the package manager for the Node JavaScript platform\. It puts
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This command locks down the versions of a package\'s dependencies so that you can
control exactly which versions of each dependency will be used when your package
-is installed\.
+is installed\. The "package\.json" file is still required if you want to use "npm
+install"\.
.
.P
By default, "npm install" recursively installs the target\'s dependencies (as
.fi
.
.SH "VERSION"
-1.2.20
+1.2.21
.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This is the API documentation for npm\.
{
- "version": "1.2.20",
+ "version": "1.2.21",
"name": "npm",
"publishConfig": {
"proprietary-attribs": false
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