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Check the engines and platform fields in package.json


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What is npm-install-checks?

The npm-install-checks package provides utility functions to check the environment and other conditions before proceeding with npm installations. It is primarily used to ensure that the system meets the necessary requirements for a successful package installation, such as node and npm version checks, platform compatibility, and engine requirements.

What are npm-install-checks's main functionalities?

Check Node Version

This function checks if the current Node.js version meets the specified version requirements. It throws an error if the requirement is not met, allowing developers to handle version incompatibility gracefully.

const { checkNodeVersion } = require('npm-install-checks');
try {
  checkNodeVersion('>=10.0.0', process.version);
  console.log('Node version is compatible.');
} catch (err) {
  console.error('Incompatible Node version:', err);
}

Check Platform

This function verifies if the user's operating system and CPU architecture match the specified criteria. It is useful for ensuring that a package is installed on compatible platforms, preventing runtime errors due to platform incompatibilities.

const { checkPlatform } = require('npm-install-checks');
try {
  checkPlatform({ os: ['darwin', 'linux'], cpu: ['x64'] });
  console.log('Platform is compatible.');
} catch (err) {
  console.error('Incompatible platform:', err);
}

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5.0.0 (2022-04-05)

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

  • this drops support for node 10 and non-LTS versions of node 12 and node 14

Dependencies

  • @npmcli/template-oss@3.2.2 (45e7fd5)

v4.0

  • Remove checkCycle and checkGit, as they are no longer used in npm v7
  • Synchronous throw-or-return API instead of taking a callback needlessly
  • Modernize code and drop support for node versions less than 10

v3 2016-01-12

  • Change error messages to be more informative.
  • checkEngine, when not in strict mode, now calls back with the error object as the second argument instead of warning.
  • checkCycle no longer logs when cycle errors are found.

v2 2015-01-20

  • Remove checking of engineStrict in the package.json

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npm-install-checks

Check the engines and platform fields in package.json

API

Both functions will throw an error if the check fails, or return undefined if everything is ok.

Errors have a required and current fields.

.checkEngine(pkg, npmVer, nodeVer, force = false)

Check if node/npm version is supported by the package. If it isn't supported, an error is thrown.

force argument will override the node version check, but not the npm version check, as this typically would indicate that the current version of npm is unable to install the package properly for some reason.

Error code: 'EBADENGINE'

.checkPlatform(pkg, force)

Check if OS/Arch is supported by the package.

Error code: 'EBADPLATFORM'

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Last updated on 05 Feb 2020

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