npminstall

Let npm install fast and easy.

Use as Cli

Install

$ npm install npminstall -g

Usage

In cnpm

It is integrated in cnpm.

$ npm install cnpm -g
$ cnpm install  // will use npminstall

npminstall

Usage:

  npminstall
  npminstall <pkg>
  npminstall <pkg>@<tag>
  npminstall <pkg>@<version>
  npminstall <pkg>@<version range>
  npminstall <folder>
  npminstall <tarball file>
  npminstall <tarball url>
  npminstall <git:// url>
  npminstall <github username>/<github project>

Can specify one or more: npm install ./foo.tgz bar@stable /some/folder
If no argument is supplied, installs dependencies from ./package.json.

Options:

  --production: won't install devDependencies
  --save, --save-dev, --save-optional: save installed dependencies into package.json
  -g, --global: install devDependencies to global directory which specified in `$ npm config get prefix`
  -r, --registry: specify custom registry
  -c, --china: specify in china, will automatically using chinese npm registry and other binary's mirrors
  -d, --detail: show detail log of installation
  --trace: show memory and cpu usages traces of installation
  --ignore-scripts: ignore all preinstall / install and postinstall scripts during the installation
  --no-optional: ignore optionalDependencies during the installation
  --forbidden-licenses: forbit install packages which used these licenses
  --engine-strict: refuse to install (or even consider installing) any package that claims to not be compatible with the current Node.js version.
  --flatten: flatten dependencies by matching ancestors dependencies
  --registry-only: make sure all packages install from registry. Any package is installed from remote(e.g.: git, remote url) cause install fail.
  --cache-strict: use disk cache even on production env

npmuninstall

Usage:

  npmuninstall <pkg>
  npmuninstall <pkg>@<version>
  npmuninstall <pkg>@<version> [<pkg>@<version>]

npmlink

Usage:

  npmlink <folder>

Use as Lib

Install

$ npm install npminstall --save

Usage

const co = require('co');
const npminstall = require('npminstall');

co(function* () {
  yield npminstall({
    // install root dir
    root: process.cwd(),
    // optional packages need to install, default is package.json's dependencies and devDependencies
    // pkgs: [
    //   { name: 'foo', version: '~1.0.0' },
    // ],
    // install to specific directory, default to root
    // targetDir: '/home/admin/.global/lib',
    // link bin to specific directory (for global install)
    // binDir: '/home/admin/.global/bin',
    // registry, default is https://registry.npmjs.org
    // registry: 'https://registry.npmjs.org',
    // debug: false,
    // storeDir: root + 'node_modules',
    // ignoreScripts: true, // ignore pre/post install scripts, default is `false`
    // forbiddenLicenses: forbit install packages which used these licenses
  });
}).catch(err => {
  console.error(err.stack);
});

Support Features

• [x] all types of npm package
  • [x] a) a folder containing a program described by a package.json file (npm install file:eslint-rule)
  • [x] b) a gzipped tarball containing (a) (npm install ./rule.tgz)
  • [x] c) a url that resolves to (b) (npm install https://github.com/indexzero/forever/tarball/v0.5.6)
  • [x] d) a @ that is published on the registry with (c)
  • [x] e) a @ (see npm-dist-tag) that points to (d)
  • [x] f) a that has a "latest" tag satisfying (e)
  • [x] g) a that resolves to (a) (npm install git://github.com/timaschew/cogent#fix-redirects)
• [x] All platform support
• [x] global install (-g, --global)
• [x] preinstall, install, postinstall scripts
• [x] node-gyp
  • [x] node-pre-gyp
• [x] bin ([email protected], [email protected])
• [x] scoped package
• [x] bundleDependencies / bundledDependencies ([email protected], [email protected])
• [x] optionalDependencies ([email protected])
• [x] peerDependencies ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected])
• [x] deprecate message
• [x] --production mode
• [x] save, save-dev, save-optional
• [x] support ignore-scripts
• [x] uninstall
• [x] resolutions

Different with NPM

This project is inspired by pnpm, and has a similar store structure like pnpm. You can read pnpm vs npm to see the different with npm.

Limitations

• You can't install from shrinkwrap(and don't want to support for now).
• Peer dependencies are a little trickier to deal with(see rule 1 below).
• You can't publish npm modules with bundleDependencies managed by npminstall(because of rule 2 below).
• npminstall will collect all postinstall scripts, and execute them until all dependencies installed.
• If last install failed, better to cleanup node_modules directory before retry.

node_modules directory

Two rules:

1. The latest version of modules will link at options.storeDir's node_modules.
2. Module's dependencies will link at module's node_modules.

e.g.:

• app: { "dependencies": { "debug": "2.2.0" } } (root)
• [email protected]: { "dependencies": { "ms": "0.7.1" } }

app/
├── package.json
└── node_modules
    ├── [email protected]@debug
    │   ├── node_modules
    │   │   └── ms -> ../../[email protected]@ms
    ├── _ms0.7.1@ms
    ├── debug -> [email protected]@debug
    └── ms -> [email protected]@ms # for peerDependencies

flattened vs nested

npminstall will always try to install the maximal matched version of semver:

root/
  [email protected]
  mod/
    koa@~1.1.0
# will install two different version of koa when use npminstall.

you can enable flatten mode by --flatten flag, in this mod, npminstall will try to use ancestors' dependencies to minimize the dependence-tree.

root/
  [email protected]
  mod/
    koa@~1.1.0

root/
  [email protected]
  mod/
    koa@^1.1.0
# both the same version: 1.1.0

root/
  koa@~1.1.0
  mod/
    koa@^1.1.0
# both the same version: 1.1.2

root/
  mod/
    koa@^1.1.0
  moe/
    koa@~1.1.0
# two different versions

npminstall will always treat n.x and n.m.x as flattened

root/
  [email protected]
  mod/
    [email protected]
both the same version: 1.1.0

root/
  koa@~1.1.0
  mod/
    [email protected]
both the same version: 1.1.2

Resolutions

support selective version resolutions like yarn. which lets you define custom package versions inside your dependencies through the resolutions field in your package.json file.

Benchmarks

cnpmjs.org install

• [email protected]
• [email protected]
• [email protected]

cli | real | user | sys --- | --- | --- | --- npminstall | 0m10.908s | 0m8.733s | 0m4.282s npminstall with cache | 0m8.815s | 0m7.492s | 0m3.644s npminstall --no-cache | 0m10.279s | 0m8.255s | 0m3.932s pnpm | 0m13.509s | 0m11.650s | 0m4.443s npm | 0m28.171s | 0m26.085s | 0m8.219s npm with cache | 0m20.939s | 0m19.415s | 0m6.302s

pnpm benchmark

see https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm#benchmark

npminstall babel-preset-es2015 browserify chalk debug minimist mkdirp
    real	0m8.929s       user	0m5.606s       sys	0m2.913s

pnpm i babel-preset-es2015 browserify chalk debug minimist mkdirp
    real	0m12.998s      user	0m8.653s       sys	0m3.362s

npm i babel-preset-es2015 browserify chalk debug minimist mkdirp
    real	1m4.729s       user	0m55.589s      sys	0m23.135s

License

MIT