66 lines
1.3 KiB
Groff
66 lines
1.3 KiB
Groff
.TH "NPM-PREFIX" "1" "February 2023" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
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\fBnpm-prefix\fR - Display prefix
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.SS "Synopsis"
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.P
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.RS 2
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.nf
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npm prefix \[lB]-g\[rB]
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.fi
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.RE
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.P
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Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.
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.SS "Description"
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.P
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Print the local prefix to standard output. This is the closest parent directory to contain a \fBpackage.json\fR file or \fBnode_modules\fR directory, unless \fB-g\fR is also specified.
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.P
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If \fB-g\fR is specified, this will be the value of the global prefix. See npm help config for more detail.
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.SS "Example"
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.P
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.RS 2
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.nf
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npm prefix
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/usr/local/projects/foo
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.fi
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.RE
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.P
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.RS 2
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.nf
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npm prefix -g
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/usr/local
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.fi
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.RE
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.SS "Configuration"
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.SS "\fBglobal\fR"
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.RS 0
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.IP \(bu 4
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Default: false
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.IP \(bu 4
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Type: Boolean
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.RE 0
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.P
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Operates in "global" mode, so that packages are installed into the \fBprefix\fR folder instead of the current working directory. See npm help folders for more on the differences in behavior.
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.RS 0
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.IP \(bu 4
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packages are installed into the \fB{prefix}/lib/node_modules\fR folder, instead of the current working directory.
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.IP \(bu 4
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bin files are linked to \fB{prefix}/bin\fR
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.IP \(bu 4
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man pages are linked to \fB{prefix}/share/man\fR
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.RE 0
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.SS "See Also"
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.RS 0
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.IP \(bu 4
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npm help root
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.IP \(bu 4
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npm help bin
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.IP \(bu 4
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npm help folders
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.IP \(bu 4
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npm help config
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.IP \(bu 4
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npm help npmrc
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.RE 0
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