npm is a package manager for the JavaScript programming language. npm, Inc. is a subsidiary of GitHub, an American multinational corporation that provides hosting for software development and version control with the usage of Git. It is the default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment Node.js.
Go ahead and install node and any packages you may need:
$ guix package -i node js-json2
You may optionally spawn a environment seperate from your system profile:
$ guix environment node js-json2
If you insist on 100% purity for development, or testing, do:
$ guix environment node js-json2 --pure
Go ahead and install node as usual:
$ guix package -i node
and use it in your projects, as always:
$ cd project/
$ npm install
This is a little tricky; If you have too much time, do make an effort to package whatever CLI libraries that you work with, but are not available on PantherX. Here’s how to work with them anyways:
$ mkdir ~/.NPM_GLOBAL
$ cd ~/.NPM_GLOBAL
Now install whatever package / CLI you need:
$ npm install @vue/cli
$ npm install @vue/cli-init
and add it at the bottom of your your ~/.bash_profile like so:
# ~/.bash_profile
$ alias vue=/home/franz/.NPM_GLOBAL/node_modules/.bin/vue
$ alias vue-cli/home/franz/.NPM_GLOBAL/node_modules/.bin/vue-cli
Lising each binary manually is a bit of a conservative approach, but may work well if it’s mostly self-contained. Like vue CLI.
That’s it. You can now run this CLI globally:
$ vue --version
@vue/cli 4.5.7
npm WARN deprecated fsevents@1.2.13: fsevents 1 will break on node v14+ and could be using insecure binaries. Upgrade to fsevents 2.
> gifsicle@5.1.0 postinstall /home/franz/git/nexinnotech.com/node_modules/gifsicle
> node lib/install.js
⚠ Response code 404 (Not Found)
⚠ gifsicle pre-build test failed
ℹ compiling from source
✖ Error: Command failed: /bin/sh -c autoreconf -ivf
/bin/sh: autoreconf: command not found
Resolve with:
$ guix package -i autoconf automake gcc-toolchain glibc gcc-objc++
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