npm: disable postinstall script for package

Question

Is it any npm option exist to disable postinstall script while installing package? Or for rewriting any field from package.json?

Answer 1

I wanted to disable postinstall script for my project but wanted all scripts of my project's dependencies to run when I do npm install. This is what I ended up doing.

1. Create a script ./scripts/skip.js

if (process.env.SKIP_BUILD) {
    process.exit(0);
} else {
    process.exit(1);
}

2. In your package.json file

 "scripts": {
  ...
  "postinstall": "node ./scripts/skip.js || npm run build",
  ...
 }

now just set the environment variable SKIP_BUILD=1 to prevent your package from building and your dependencies will build just fine

SKIP_BUILD=1 npm install