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You're right, I'm relatively new to node. This is exactly why I have been reading the manuals of various packages. Apparently, I'm the only that does here. You

You're right, I'm relatively new to node. This is exactly why I have been reading the manuals of various packages. Apparently, I'm the only that does here. You are just flat out wrong to say that projects don't say to install globally. Just after a super fast search of some well known packages: Express npm install -g express-generator@3 https://www.npmjs.org/package/express https://www.npmjs.org/package/express Mocha $ npm install -g mocha http://visionmedia.github.io/mocha/#installation http://visionmedia.github.io/mocha/#installation node jslint npm install jslint -g https://github.com/reid/node-jslint https://github.com/reid/node-jslint Yeoman npm install -g yo http://yeoman.io/ http://yeoman.io/ Bower npm install -g bower http://bower.io/ http://bower.io/ JSHint $ npm install jshint -g http://www.jshint.com/docs/ http://www.jshint.com/docs/ Grunt npm install -g grunt-cli http://gruntjs.com/getting-started http://gruntjs.com/getting-started

mateuszf 13y ago
I kind of agree, though those are all development tools which shouldn't influence packaged apps.
wcummings 13y ago
>it's because the package installs a bin you would want globally available Everything in that list. You conveniently ignore that the express guide tells you to add express to its package file, express-generator is a separate utility. No one installs libraries globally.
- doesnt_know 13y ago
  I'm not "conveniently ignoring" it, it's just the distinction is irrelevant. You are running npm as root and installing packages. Even if you completely ignore the security issues (which was my entire argument to begin with that you ignored). "Globally available" in this context really just means "put in your PATH", which can easily be accomplished without giving a bunch of random javascript tools root access to the machine.

mateuszf 13y ago

I kind of agree, though those are all development tools which shouldn't influence packaged apps.

wcummings 13y ago

>it's because the package installs a bin you would want globally available Everything in that list. You conveniently ignore that the express guide tells you to add express to its package file, express-generator is a separate utility. No one installs libraries globally.

doesnt_know 13y ago
I'm not "conveniently ignoring" it, it's just the distinction is irrelevant. You are running npm as root and installing packages. Even if you completely ignore the security issues (which was my entire argument to begin with that you ignored). "Globally available" in this context really just means "put in your PATH", which can easily be accomplished without giving a bunch of random javascript tools root access to the machine.