Installing npm
Since npm is bundled with Node.js it is sufficient to install Node.js:
zypper in nodejs14
# check versions
node -v
npm -v
Updating npm
npm install -g npm
Updating dependencies
A convenient way to update dependencies is using the tool npm-check-updates:
npm install -g npm-check-updates
# check for updates
ncu
# apply updates
ncu -u
# necessary to fetch the new dependencies
npm install
Linking packages
When building a package you usually want to test it. You can either publish it directly but when you change something you have to publish it again. This is not an ideal process. The better way is to locally link the package and test it afterwards. This process has 2 steps:
- Link the created package in its current directory, which will create a symlink in the global npm folder
{prefix}/lib/node_modules/<package>.
npm link
- Link the package in some other location, npm link package-name will create a symbolic link from globally-installed package-name to
node_modules/of the current folder.
npm link package-name
Note that the link should be to the package name, not the directory name for that package.