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cipm(1) -- install npm dependencies from a package lock
SYNOPSIS
cipm [--userconfig <path>] [--ignore-scripts] [--offline] [--loglevel <level>]
INSTALL
npm install [-g|-D] cipm
DESCRIPTION
When invoked inside an npm project with a package.json and package-lock.json (or an npm-shrinkwrap.json), it will install the specified dependencies and run their install scripts.
The main difference between this and npm install is that cipm is both a small, standalone program, and that it can bypass a lot of the heavier machinery in npm oriented towards interacting with invalid states: cipm completely removes node_modules before beginning the install, if it exists.
cipm also requires that the current project have an existing lockfile, which must first be generated using npm install in npm@5 or later versions (or any other package manager supporting lockfileVersion@>=1).
This tool is ideal for using in CI environments that require regular, full installs of an application, but that are usually able to cache package data in a central cache.
EXAMPLES
AUTHOR
Written by Kat Marchan.
REPORTING BUGS
Please file any relevant issues on Github.
LICENSE
This work is released under the conditions of the MIT license. See LICENSE.md for more details.
SEE ALSO
npm-install(1)npm-package-locks(5)package-lock.json(5)
FAQs
a standalone ci-oriented package installer for npm projects
The npm package cipm receives a total of 37 weekly downloads. As such, cipm popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that cipm demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 7 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 17 Jan 2020
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