Install npm Node js Package Manager on Windows w o using Node js MSI

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The problem  while using nvm to install Node js I was able to install the version of Node js I need  but nvm does not install npm automatically  NPM s page provides no information about installing it  Being not much of a Windows user myself I am completely at a loss     Every result in Google seems to use Node js MSI installer to get that working - which is not an option in my case  So  how do I

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TL DR  Install Chocolatey  Node  and NPM   Install Chocolatey  NOTE  You might want to copy the exact command from their install page since it might change over time    Open your standard Windows command line  powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command   iex   new-object net webclient  DownloadString  https   chocolatey org install ps1      gt  null 2 gt  amp 1   amp  amp  SET PATH   PATH   ALLUSERSPROFILE  chocolatey bin  Restart console Done    Install Node  and NPM    Because Chocolatey installs a directory different from the MSI installation  go to your system configuration and delete your previous node installation  if you have one  Install Chocolatey as described above choco install nodejs     NOTE I used nodejs  I am not even sure what node is  but having had my fair share of troubles with node already being taken by something else in other systems  I thought  nodejs would be the safer bet right away  Restart your console Beware  node -v works    And npm -v also works  Awesome     After this  I was able to install firebase-tools without problems  which I was not able to do previously   so something must have gone terribly right      My rather complete story the first time around      Chocolatey installs in seconds    If you don t care about sarcasm or lamenting engineers on a Sunday afternoon  skip ahead to the installation instructions in the TL DR section below   For everyone else  I want to amend this answer which recommends using  what seems to be the hottest package management solution for Windows right now   Chocolatey  It gets the job done nice and quick  However  when I gave it a first try  it took me a while to make sense of the install instructions which are kinda convoluted  The install instructions go a bit like this  complete with what went through my head while going through it     NOTE  NOTE  NOTE      three big-ass NOTEs before even knowing the basics    this makes me anxious    how wrong could things go    Installing With Restricted TLS     not even sure what TLS is    Oh it s a good friend of SSL - Shouldn t this just be the default and just work out of the box  My browser can do HTTPS  NO PROBLEM   just kidding    I know that SSL and TSL frequently cause a lot of pain in environments that have high security needs   Option 1 Option 2     eeh    great    Can t I just install   Installing Behind a Proxy      Just    no     Requirements     uh boi     Why does Chocolatey install where it does by default      Seriously     Before You Install         source  clipartbest com     Can I install with a proxy      again with the proxy     Can I install a particular version of Chocolatey      just any version would be fine  thank you     Can I use Windows built-in compression instead of downloading 7zip      7zip   Why do you even mention this    Non-Administrative Install    Now that sounds great      NOTE  This option should be a last resort and is considered to be an advanced scenario        Sh    T     Alternative Installation Options     giddy  Command Line    This really is the easiest method because it requires no configuration of PowerShell prior to executing it       And there you go      While I really appreciate the fact that pitfalls and their possible solutions are discussed so extensively  maybe re-organizing them as such  and putting the Chocolatey installs in seconds promise to work by putting the  easiest method  first would be just awesome

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I used quite  Eyuel method     Download the nodejs msi from https   nodejs org en  download Download npm zip from github https   github com npm npm  Extract the msi  with 7 Zip  in a directory  node  Set the PATH environment variable to add the  node  directory Extract the zip file from npm in a different directory  not under node directory  CD to the npm directory and run the command node cli js install npm -gf   Now you should have node   npm working  use theses commands to check  node --version and npm --version  Update 27 07 2017   I noticed that the latest version of node 8 2 1 with the latest version of npm are quite different from the one I was using at the time of this answer  The install with theses versions won t work  It is working with node 6 11 1 and npm 5 2 3  Also if you are running with a proxy don t forget this to connect on internet     export http proxy http   proxy 8080  export https proxy http   proxy 8080 npm config set proxy http   proxy 8080

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Just download  node exe  from http   nodejs org dist   select your favorite  node js  version or take the latest  You can also take 64-bits version from  x64  sub-directory   Then  go to http   nodejs org dist npm  to retrieve Zip-archive of your favorite  npm  version  recommanded   1 4 10   Extract the archive along  node exe    Finally  it is recommanded to add  node js  directory to the PATH for convenience   EDIT  I recommande to update npm using npm install npm -g because versions provided by nodejs org are very old   If you want to keep original npm version  don t put npm alongside  node exe   Just create a directory and use the same command with  global  flag  then copy   node modules  bin npm cmd to the new directory    mkdir c  app npm  latest cd c  app npm  latest  lt NPM ORIGINAL PATH gt  npm install npm cp node modules  bin npm cmd npm cmd   Finally change your PATH to use c  app npm  latest

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If you re running Windows 10 Creators Update  1703  and are comfortable navigating around a Unix terminal  you could potentially achieve this using the native Feature Bash on Ubuntu on Windows  aka Bash WSL      This was originally introduced on the launch of Build 2016 but many additions and bug fixes were addressed at the Creators update but please be warned this is still in Beta    To enable simply navigate to Control Panel All Control Panel Items Programs and Features Turn Windows features on or off  Then select the Windows Subsystem for Linux  Beta  as below Bash on Windows Feature

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Try going to Window -  Preferences -  Nodeclipse and unchecking the box that says  find node on PATH      Then make sure the  Node js path  below is set to the location of the node exe file  for me it was C  Program Files  x86  nodejs node exe

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https   nodejs org download    The page has Windows Installer   msi  as well as other installers and binaries Download and install for windows    Node js comes with NPM   NPM is located in the directory where Node js is installed

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Download the latest Node js MSI  4 x or 5 x  installer and run the following via command line   msiexec  a node-v4 4 3-x64 msi  qb TARGETDIR  C  Node js    This will extract the binaries into C  Node js nodejs   Then you will want to add C  Node js nodejs PATH environment variable   To update NPM  do the following   cd C  Node js nodejs npm install npm latest   After that completes  you should be able to check the versions   node --version npm --version   Node should be 4 4 3   whichever you installed  and npm should be 3 8 7

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First CD to where node nodejs  is installed using windows CMD  then follow the steps below  C     node gt  git config --system http sslcainfo  bin curl-ca-bundle crt C     node gt  git clone --recursive git   github com isaacs npm git C     node gt  cd node modules npm C     node modules npm gt  node cli js install npm -gf

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To install npm on windows just unzip the npm archive where node is  See the docs for more detail   npm is shipped with node  that is how you should install it  nvm is only for changing node versions and does not install npm  A cleaner way to use npm and nvm is to first install node as it is  with npm   then install the nvm package by npm install nvm

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I wrote a quick simple app recent that handle the management of various version of node and npm   It allows you to choose different version of node and npm to download and select which version to use   Check it out and see if it s something that s useful   https   github com nhatkthanh wnm

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I also needed to install npm in Windows and got it through the Chocolatey pacakage manager  For those who haven t heard about it  Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows  that gives you the convenience of an apt-get in Windows environments  To get it go to https   chocolatey org  where there s a PowerShell script to download it and install it  After that you can run   chocolatey install npm   and you re good to go   Note that the standalone npm is no longer being updated and the last version that is out there is known to have problems on Windows  Another option you can look at is extracting npm from the MSI using LessMSI

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