how can I force npm 3 to install nested dependencies?

Question

I just upgraded to npm version 3 and noticed one of the biggest changes it made is that it enforces a flat dependency tree.

Your dependencies will now

Answer 1

I've just ran into this issue and found an alternative to fix this issue. Since Node.js comes with NPM, the only way that I could think of was to downgrade to Node.js 0.10 version, which comes with an older version on NPM, which will install dependencies in the old fashion way. To downgrade I used NVM and ran nvm use 0.10.0. You can switch back and forth between npm versions by following this trick. Hope it helps!