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Configure npm to install global modules to userspace (set npm prefix to ~/npm)
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npm_userspace.sh
#!/bin/bash
DIR=~/npm
if [[ ! -e $DIR ]]; then
mkdir $DIR
elif [[ ! -d $DIR ]]; then
echo "$DIR exists but is not a directory" 1>&2
exit 1
fi
npm config set prefix $DIR
echo "# add $DIR/bin to path" >> ~/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=$DIR/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile
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