While it would be trivially easy to port the Meteor installer to npm, since Meteor doesn't require node or npm to be installed, it would be a step backward to d

While it would be trivially easy to port the Meteor installer to npm, since Meteor doesn't require node or npm to be installed, it would be a step backward to do so. Meteor is built against specific node and npm versions and the install script installs the necessary node binaries. Considering what Meteor brings a developer, getting hung up on the install method is missing the big picture.