How to npm install to a specified directory

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Is it possible to specify a target directory when running npm install  lt package gt

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As of npm version 3 8 6  you can use npm install --prefix   install here  lt package gt   to install  in the specified directory  NPM automatically creates node modules folder even when a node modules directory already exists in the higher up hierarchy  You can also have a package json in the current directory and then install it in the specified directory using --prefix option  npm install --prefix   install here  As of npm 6 0 0  you can use npm install --prefix   install here     to install the package json in current directory to  quot   install here quot  directory  There is one thing that I have noticed on Mac that it creates a symlink to parent folder inside the node modules directory  But  it still works  NOTE  NPM honours the path that you ve specified through the --prefix option  It resolves as per npm documentation on folders  only when npm install is used without the --prefix option

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You can use the --prefix option   mkdir -p   install here node modules npm install --prefix   install here  lt package gt    The package s  will then be installed in   install here node modules  The mkdir is needed since npm might otherwise choose an already existing node modules directory higher up in the hierarchy   See npm documentation on folders

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I am using a powershell build and couldn t get npm to run without changing the current directory   Ended up using the start command and just specifying the working directory   start  npm  -ArgumentList  install --warn  -wo  buildFolder

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In the documentation it s stated  Use the prefix option together with the global option      The prefix config defaults to the location where node is installed  On   most systems  this is  usr local  On windows  this is the exact   location of the node exe binary  On Unix systems  it s one level up    since node is typically installed at  prefix  bin node rather than    prefix  node exe       When the global flag is set  npm installs things into this prefix    When it is not set  it uses the root of the current package  or the   current working directory if not in a package already     Emphasis by them   So in your root directory you could install with  npm install --prefix  lt path to prefix folder gt  -g   and it will install the node modules folder into the folder   lt path to prefix folder gt  lib node modules

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