How to install npm -g on offline server

Question

I need to install a \"global\" npm applications on an offline server.

It is easy to install a normal application:

npm install

and t

Answer 1

Using Yarn:

1. On the internet machine (configure local cache location):

   yarn config set yarn-offline-mirror ~/yarn-offline-mirror/
   

2. On the offline machine (configure local cache location):

   yarn config set yarn-offline-mirror ~/yarn-offline-mirror/
   

3. On the offline machine, Find out where is the global installation location:

   yarn global bin
   

   (Or set it with yarn config set prefix )

4. On the offline machine, add it to your path. E.g.:

   echo 'export PATH=$PATH:'"$(yarn global bin)" >> ~/.bashrc  
   source ~/.bashrc # reload
   

5. On the internet machine, download forever's dependencies:

   mkdir new-cli-forever/
   cd new-cli-forever/
   yarn add forever
   

   Then copy new-cli-forever/yarn.lock and ~/yarn-offline-mirror/ to the offline machine. (rm -rf new-cli-forever/ is ok now.)

6. On the offline machine, install forever from local cache:

   cp /path/to/imported/yarn.lock .
   cp -n /path/to/imported/yarn-offline-mirror/* ~/yarn-offline-mirror/
   yarn global add --offline forever
   rm -f ./yarn.lock
   

For more info, see my post here: https://assafmo.github.io/2018/04/11/yarn-offline.html