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- .TH "NPM-SET" "1" "March 2026" "NPM@11.12.0" ""
- .SH "NAME"
- \fBnpm-set\fR - Set a value in the npm configuration
- .SS "Synopsis"
- .P
- .RS 2
- .nf
- npm set <key>=<value> \[lB]<key>=<value> ...\[rB] (See `npm config`)
- .fi
- .RE
- .P
- Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.
- .SS "Description"
- .P
- Set a value in the npm configuration
- .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 "\fBlocation\fR"
- .RS 0
- .IP \(bu 4
- Default: "user" unless \fB--global\fR is passed, which will also set this value to "global"
- .IP \(bu 4
- Type: "global", "user", or "project"
- .RE 0
- .P
- When passed to \fBnpm config\fR this refers to which config file to use.
- .P
- When set to "global" mode, 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 "help config"
- .RE 0
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