How to properly configure node and npm
In this video, we walk through setting up your development environment to use tools like node and npm for your javascript development.
We'll also look at how to easily handle different versions of node with tools like n
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Instructions
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Install node and npm
https://nodejs.org/en/
Create a new directory for our npm tools.
mkdir ~/.npm-packages
Tell npm to use our new directory
npm config set prefix ~/.npm-packages
Check to see our new directory is being used for global modules
npm list -g —depth=0
Register the new location under our $PATH variable in ~/.bashrc
sudo vi ~/.bashrc
Update PATH variable
PATH=$PATH:/{path}/{to}/{directory}/.npm-packages/bin
Source the file in bash_profile
source ~/.bashrc
Install “n” to toggle node versions
npm install -g n
Install versions of node
sudo n v8.6.4
Open node menu with “n”
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