You might encounter this issue while working on Angular or Node projects from behind a proxy server. @npmcli/config. 1 @JakeGould Thanks for the links! It is not uncommon to need or desire to work in different versions of nodejs.A preferred method among node users is to use NVM (Node Version Manager). To get started, we're going to create a new folder called global-modules and set the npm prefix to it: mkdir ~/.global-modules npm config set prefix "~/.global-modules" Next, if you don't already have a file called ~/.profile, create one in your root user directory. And lastly, there is always the ability to set parameters via npm config set. Now, add the following line to the ~/.profile file: not ok code 0 Note that you will have to repeat the same procedure with every node version, the prefix is set back to (in my case) /usr/local after installation. What is the output of npm config get prefix? I have found a solution by manually removing the .npmrc file and reissuing the command. Configuration appended to other commands like this does not persist everywhere, so it can become tiresome to set an array of configurations via the CLI. get npm config get key Echo the config value to stdout. list npm config list Show all the config settings. Install the nodejs package. npm config set. Any environmental variable set with the npm_config_ prefix will be used to configure npm. Wrapping It Up. If value is omitted, then it sets it to "true". Use --json to show the settings in json format. $ npm config get prefix /usr This is the prefix we want to change, in order to install global packages in our home directory. This module is the spiritual descendant of npmconf, and the code that once lived in npm's lib/config/ folder. Note: This will only work when you run your project through an npm script (i.e. not just using node index.js). I have set the prefix on purpose to avoid the sudo npm . Installation. For example, if a package has version 1.2.4, by default its version is set to ^1.2.4 which will allow minor upgrades for that package, but after you run npm config set save-prefix='~' it will be set to ~1.2.4 which only will only allow patch upgrades. When I tried npm config delete prefix or nvm use --delete-prefix before using npm --prefix="" set prefix "", I got only: npm ERR! Configuration management for the npm cli. Also, look at this as well as this. In this quick tutorial, you learnt how to install the required npm dependencies from behind a proxy server. For example if a package has version 1.2.3, by default its version is set to ^1.2.3 which allows minor upgrades for that package, but after npm config set save-prefix='~' it would be set to ~1.2.3 which only allows patch upgrades. Notice the prefix npm_package_config_, which tells Node where to get the variable from. There are LTS releases too: nodejs-lts-fermium - For 14.X version; nodejs-lts-erbium - For 12.X version; nodejs-lts-dubnium - For 10.X version; Alternate installations. npm config set key value Sets the config key to the value. – Giacomo1968 Mar 31 '19 at 3:56. $ nvm use v4.2.4 nvm is not compatible with the npm config "prefix" option: currently set to "/Users/z/.npm-global"Run `npm config delete prefix` or `nvm use --delete-prefix v4.2.4` to unset it. How can I use nvm without losing the prefix for my globally installed packages? Once you have set the above configurations, you should be able to install the npm dependencies from behind a proxy server. It does the management of configuration files that npm uses, but importantly, does not define all the configuration defaults or types, as those parts make more sense to live within the npm CLI itself. 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