How do I prevent npm install from removing packages?

Question

I\'m trying to set up a development environment with several packages, and as a result I need to manually install some dependencies. More specifically, I have some local ch

Answer 1

Are you saving the dependencies to package.json? To Save : npm install --save {package_name}. This will save the package to package.json and install using npm install.

You can't particularly control the dependencies(fully). The dependencies which you have installed might be using dependencies themselves.So when you remove a package, npm deletes all the package's dependencies and the package.