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Install npm packages globally without sudo on macOS or Linux
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Install npm packages globally without sudo on macOS or Linux

1. Create a directory for global packages
mkdir "${HOME}/.npm-packages"
2. Indicate to npm where to store globally installed packages. In your ~/.npmrc file add:
prefix=${HOME}/.npm-packages
3. Ensure npm will find installed binaries and man pages. Add the following to your .bashrc/.zshrc:
NPM_PACKAGES="${HOME}/.npm-packages"

PATH="$NPM_PACKAGES/bin:$PATH"

# Unset manpath so we can inherit from /etc/manpath via the `manpath` command
unset MANPATH # delete if you already modified MANPATH elsewhere in your config
export MANPATH="$NPM_PACKAGES/share/man:$(manpath)"

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