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# npm
> JavaScript and Node.js package manager.
> Manage Node.js projects and their module dependencies.
- Download and install a module globally:
`npm install -g {{module_name}}`
- Download all dependencies referenced in package.json:
`npm install`
- Download a given dependency required for the application to run, and add it to the package.json:
`npm install {{module_name}}@{{version}} --save`
- Download a given dependency for development purposes, and add it to the package.json:
`npm install {{module_name}}@{{version}} --save-dev`
- Uninstall a module:
`npm uninstall {{module_name}}`
- List a tree of installed modules referenced in package.json:
`npm list`
- List top-level globally installed modules:
`npm list -g --depth={{0}}`
- Interactively create a package.json file:
`npm init`