How to install npm -g on offline server

问题

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

It is easy to install a normal application:

npm install

and then pack up the resulting files. Either manually or using npm pack.

However, how can I install global application (that has a install script of some sort) such as forever without Internet?

npm install -g forever

回答1:

try npmbox, it is the new name of npmzip which will allow you to install offline npm packages by one file

回答2:

You can install stuff from a tarball file, check out the npm documentation. You can find the URL of the forever tarball with npm view forever dist.tarball and download that. Try something like this:

curl -so forever.tar.gz `npm view forever dist.tarball 2> /dev/null`
npm install ./forever.tar.gz -g

But you might have to do this for all of the dependencies as well. There might be a better way but this is what I've found in my search.

回答3:

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

回答4:

I created offline-npm for getting all the dependencies installed in a clean way. For modules without the use of node-gyp everything should work as described.

If you require node-gyp (which is usually installed online) consider copying ~/.node-gyp to that offline machine.

回答5:

INSTALL PM2 OFFLINE:-

Tested on Node-v6.10.3 and Npm-3.10.10 on RHEL-7

Go to machine with internet connection:-

#npm install -g npmbox
#npmbox npmbox
#scp npmbox.npmbox root@offline-server-ip:.

Go to machine without internet connection :-

#ssh  root@offline-server-ip 
#tar --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions -xvzf npmbox.npmbox
#npm install --global --cache ./.npmbox.cache --optional --cache-min 99999999999 --shrinkwrap false npmbox

Go to machine with internet connection:-

#npm install pm2 -g
#npmbox pm2
#scp pm2.npmbox root@offline-server-ip:.

Go to machine without internet connection :-

#npmunbox pm2.npmbox --global
#pm2 ls

回答6:

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>

回答7:

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

回答8:

Using Yarn:

On the internet machine (configure local cache location):

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

On the offline machine (configure local cache location):

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

On the offline machine, Find out where is the global installation location:
```
yarn global bin
```
(Or set it with yarn config set prefix <file_path>)

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

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

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.)

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

回答9:

On your local machine or any machine that has internet connection, do

npm install npm-bundle -g
npm install forever -g

Now, go to cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/forever and do

npm-bundle

It will create a .tgz file. Now scp/ftp that .tgz file to the offline server and do

npm install forever -g

Reference: This blog

回答10:

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.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11295050/how-to-install-npm-g-on-offline-server

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