使用 npm 如何将包下载为 zip 包，其中包含包中包含的所有依赖项

Question

What I'm trying to do is download packages with all their dependencies, in order to transfer them to another computer that does not have an internet connection and install it there.

So the scenario would be:

1. Download package (to zip/tarball/whatever file) without installing it.

2. Included in that downloaded file would be all of its dependencies (correct versions, and it's dependencies' dependencies).

3. Transfer file to other computer.

4. Run npm install to file location (optional -g important).

5. Package is installed with dependencies.

6. Happy camper.

I feel like there has to be a npm command to download and pack (create) files this way.

I've tried looking for a solution for this to no avail.

This is my first time using node so I'm affraid I'm not researching it correctly because lack of knowledge of the node/npm lingo.

Answer 1

1. Download the package to a machine with internet.

2. Make sure your app package has a package.json file at its root with all of your dependencies listed in it. You can make npm save your dependencies in package.json by doing npm install dependency-name --save . The --save flag will cause npm to write the dependency to your app's package.json file if it has one. If it doesn't have on then it will do nothing. You can also instruct npm to create a package.json file for your app if you need to by simply running npm init from in your app's directory.

3. Run npm install from inside the app's directory. This will create the node_modules directory and install all the dependencies listed in the app's package.json file.

4. Zip up the directory now that it has a node_modules directory in it with all your dependencies installed. Transfer the zip archive to another machine.

5. Simply unpack the archive in its final destination and you're done. The app is now where it needs to be and the dependencies are already installed.

6. Now just run the application with node app.js , replacing "app.js" with whatever the name of the app's main entry point file is.

Answer 2

Simply run npm install in the package directory and archive the entirety of it. Assuming there are no non-npm requirements you need to meat and both machines are running the same version of node, nothing more needs to be done. All of the downloaded dependencies will be installed inside the ./node_modules . But it is a generally good idea to archive the entire package, as the developer might have implemented some additional setup routines.

Answer 3

I just used this gist by Jack Gill to do exactly what you describe -- bundle up a package, with all its dependencies. Basically what the script does is re-write a module's package.json file to move all its dependencies to bundleDependencies , then pack the whole thing. Upload the resulting tarball to your server, then npm install it. Works a treat.

Answer 4

you can download package with all its dependencies with its dependents using single command. Kindly refer this link npm-package-downloader