npm.md

NPM

Configuring Global Packages (Deprecated)

Create folder which will hold all globally installed npm packages

mkdir ${HOME}/.config/npm-packages

Source this with zsh.

#!/bin/zsh

## NPM

# path to global npm packages directory
NPM_PACKAGES="${HOME}/.config/npm-packages"

# node should discover global npm packages
NODE_PATH="${NPM_PACKAGES}/lib/node_modules:$NODE_PATH"

# system should discover global & executable npm packages
PATH="$NPM_PACKAGES/bin:$PATH"

# man pages that are installed with npm packages should be discoverable
unset MANPATH
MANPATH="${NPM_PACKAGES}/share/man:$(manpath)"

Create $HOME/.npmrc and edit the file.

prefix=${HOME}/.config/npm-packages

Using NVM

Install nvm using aur

yay -S nvm

# add nvm to path (this should be mentioned in the output from installing nvm in the previous command)
echo 'source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh' >> ~/.zshrc

Install version of node you prefer

nvm install 14