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- .TH "NPM-ROOT" "1" "March 2026" "NPM@11.12.0" ""
- .SH "NAME"
- \fBnpm-root\fR - Display npm root
- .SS "Synopsis"
- .P
- .RS 2
- .nf
- npm root
- .fi
- .RE
- .P
- Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.
- .SS "Description"
- .P
- Print the effective \fBnode_modules\fR folder to standard out.
- .P
- Useful for using npm in shell scripts that do things with the \fBnode_modules\fR folder. For example:
- .P
- .RS 2
- .nf
- #!/bin/bash
- global_node_modules="$(npm root --global)"
- echo "Global packages installed in: ${global_node_modules}"
- .fi
- .RE
- .SS "Configuration"
- .SS "\fBglobal\fR"
- .RS 0
- .IP \(bu 4
- Default: false
- .IP \(bu 4
- Type: Boolean
- .RE 0
- .P
- Operates in "global" mode, so that packages are installed into the \fBprefix\fR folder instead of the current working directory. See npm help folders for more on the differences in behavior.
- .RS 0
- .IP \(bu 4
- packages are installed into the \fB{prefix}/lib/node_modules\fR folder, instead of the current working directory.
- .IP \(bu 4
- bin files are linked to \fB{prefix}/bin\fR
- .IP \(bu 4
- man pages are linked to \fB{prefix}/share/man\fR
- .RE 0
- .SS "See Also"
- .RS 0
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help prefix
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help folders
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help config
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help npmrc
- .RE 0
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