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Comment by Abinav Seelan on "How to install packages in package.json?" | Hashnode

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CommentHow to install packages in package.json?

Abinav Seelan

UI Engineer @Flipkart • https://abinavseelan.com 🙃

Hey!

Is there a hard requirement to install them globally? Ideally the package.json defines what's required by a single project.

Most globally used packages like eslint and nodemon can also be installed locally, and be reference in node_modules/.bin 🙂

Hope this helps. Let me know if you need to know anything in particular!

Rahul Bisht

web developer

Thanks for the answer.

suppose i installed a package in one project & require same package in another but i don't want install it again locally in another folder.

should i use npm link?

Abinav Seelan

UI Engineer @Flipkart • https://abinavseelan.com 🙃

What's the harm? 🙂

The package.json defines the packages that a single project needs.

And especially when you're collaborating with others on this project, it's usually best to have no dependencies on global packages and instead install everything locally, so that you don't have to depend on others to also install the global package as well.