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JavaScript npm Basics (retiring) Installing Packages with npm Installing Global Packages

Posted by Adam Lyles Kauffman
Adam Lyles Kauffman
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difference between global and package installed last video

having problems seeing what the -g flag specifically does. last video i didnt install bcrypt with my project files (and i didnt use the -g flag), but bcrypt still worked in the javascript file. how is a global package/module different?

1 Answer

Clayton Perszyk
MOD
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points
Clayton Perszyk
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points

If you’re installing something that you want to use in your program, install it locally, at the root of your project (--save).

If you’re installing something that you want to use in your shell, on the command line, install it globally, so that its binaries end up in your PATH environment variable.