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

Well.... after a day trying to make it work with above references (npmbox or offline-npm) came up with something way much simpler. Thanks to npmbox I have to say. The idea is the keep the cache from the instance that has online access and then use it in the one offline.

In machine with internet:

1 - clear npm cache: npm cache clear

2 - install package, lets say its x.y.z: npm install -g **package.x.y.z**

3 - copy cache in to a folder... let's call it whatever (I assume npm cache is in root folder, not absolutely sure about that): cp -R /.npm/* **/cache-whatever-folder**

In machine with no internet:

4 - take this cache-whatever-folder to the instance with no internet and after that, clean cache and install with it (I won't indicate how to copy the folder :)

npm cache clear

npm install --global --cache **/cache-whatever-folder** --optional --cache-min 99999999999 --shrinkwrap false **package.x.y.z**

Done

Answer 2

List the dependencies in bundledDependencies in your package.json, and then run npm pack to create a tarball. Get that over to the other machine, and either npm install <tarball>, or just crack it open manually.

https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/1349

Answer 3

npmbox is outdated

Use npm pack command (npm docs), no need to install anything.

Single package

If you want only one package (for example, forever), you can run:

npm pack forever

this command will fetch it to the cache, and then copy the tarball to the current working directory as -.tgz

Then, from the folder you created the package, you install it with:

npm install -g ./forever-x.y.z.tgz

---

Whole project

If you want a whole project to be installed offline, include a poperty in your package.json named bundleDependencies and list all dependecies you need in this field.

// package.json

"dependencies": {
  "archiver": "^2.1.1",
  "axios": "^0.16.2",
  "body-parser": "^1.18.3"
},
"bundleDependencies": {
  "archiver": "^2.1.1",
  "axios": "^0.16.2",
  "body-parser": "^1.18.3"
}

Then run npm pack.

It will create a .tgz file of your whole project and dependencias.

You just have to copy it to the offline server and untar.

Answer 4

Try npmzip

npm install -g npmzip
npmzip <package>

You will get the tarball in the current directory This may be moved to the target machine and :

npmunzip <tarball>