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author | isaacs <i@izs.me> | 2010-04-26 02:39:49 +0400 |
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committer | isaacs <i@izs.me> | 2010-04-26 02:39:49 +0400 |
commit | 8e86a1578a0b6516860d153afc3ace84604fe1a6 (patch) | |
tree | d1dfea70686b6f352c91660cc59bcfdc460b6626 /README.md | |
parent | 86c296f2c63b7f08de0e51f2cc2e7a85cf5ddc27 (diff) |
refactor install doc
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@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ - npm(1) -- node package manager ========================== @@ -94,27 +93,14 @@ That will use npm to install itself, like [Ouroboros](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros). From there, you can call the command line program `npm`, and read this file by doing `man npm`. +Try `npm help` for more information. + ## What works now: These are the commands that actually do things, as of today. If they don't do what they say they do, then please [post an issue](http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues) about it. -### install - - npm install <tarball> - -This installs the package, where `tarball` is a url or path to a `.tgz` file -that contains a package with a `package.json` file in the root. - -This'll create some stuff in `$HOME/.node_libraries`. It supports installing -multiple versions of the same thing. - -From here, you can do `require("foo-1.2.3")` where "foo" is the name of the -package, and "1.2.3" is the version you installed. - -Installing by name and version alone is planned for the next version. - ### uninstall npm uninstall <name> <version> |