# Install NPM packages globally without requiring sudo. # Source: https://github.com/sindresorhus/guides/blob/master/npm-global-without-sudo.md # Use XDG dirs export NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/npm/config export NPM_CONFIG_CACHE=$XDG_CACHE_HOME/npm export NPM_CONFIG_TMP=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/npm export NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=$XDG_DATA_HOME/npm PATH="$NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX/bin:$PATH" # Unset manpath so we can inherit from /etc/manpath via the `manpath` command unset MANPATH # delete if you already modified MANPATH elsewhere in your config export MANPATH="$NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX/share/man:$(manpath)" alias npm_list_globals='npm list -g --depth=0' alias npm_list_outdated_globals='npm outdated -g --depth=0'