I was trying to update my version of NPM using NPM but long story short, a permissions issue allowed NPM to be removed but not re-installed, and thus I was hosed -- NPM was nowhere to be found on "Walshbook Pro." Eeeek. Well, you can install NPM via command line with this command:
curl https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
Life without NPM is no life worth living at all. AT ALL! Keep this handy in case you do something stupid like me!
Two years ago I documented my struggles with Imposter Syndrome and the response was immense. I received messages of support and commiseration from new web developers, veteran engineers, and even persons of all experience levels in other professions. I've even caught myself reading the post...
Before we get started, it's worth me spending a brief moment introducing myself to you. My name is Mark (or @integralist if Twitter happens to be your communication tool of choice) and I currently work for BBC News in London England as a principal engineer/tech...
Everybody and their aerobics instructor wants to be able to edit their own website these days. And why wouldn't they? I mean, they have a $500 budget, no HTML/CSS experience, and extraordinary expectations. Enough ranting though. Having a website that allows for...
Another reason that I love Twitter so much is that I'm able to check out what fellow developers think is interesting. Chris Coyier posted about a flashlight effect he found built with jQuery. While I agree with Chris that it's a little corny, it...
If you use Debian you can just install it with
Installing npm with sudo can later cause problems with permissions for some packages (for me it was yeoman)
If you’ve installed node via Homebrew, there was an issue where you could’t update NPM itself if you installed it via Homebrew Node. This is fixed in latest version Homebrew Node package, so you can delete Node and install it again.
I think using NVM is better than anything else: https://github.com/creationix/nvm
Piping curl to sh? Eeesshh…
http://output.chrissnell.com/post/69023793377/stop-piping-curl-1-to-sh-1
If you can trust installing a binary from a website, why can’t you trust running a script?