Packaging NPM

• Ensure that node.js is installed and operable.
  • Note that it is necessary to install node.js and npm on the build system to build the packages.** Download the latest .tar.gz tarball of the node.js source code.
  • cd /tmp
  • tar xvfz /path/to/node-vx.y.z.tar.gz
  • cd node-vx.y.z
  • ./configure -p --prefix=/usr
  • make
  • make test
  • make install DESTDIR=/tmp/nodejs-vx.y.z
  • dir2xzm /tmp/nodejs-vx.y.z /tmp/node-x.y.z.xzm
• Download the source to npm from Github.
• unzip isaacs-npm-...zip
• cd isaacs-npm-...
• make
• make install
  • mkdir -p /tmp/npm-x.y.z/usr
  • export npm_config_userconfig=./npmrc
  • node cli.js config set cache /tmp/npm-cache
  • node cli.js config set prefix /tmp/npm-x.y.z/usr
  • node cli.js config set unsafe-perm true
  • node cli.js install -g .
  • dir2xzm /tmp/npm-x.y.z /tmp/npm-x.y.z.xzm
• Everything goes in /usr/lib/mode_modules/npm.
• /usr/bin/npm* are symlinked to /usr/lib/mode_modules/npm/bin/npm.js.