You can use [`npm view`](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/view) to get the URL to the registry&#39;s tarball (in this example for the module `level`):

    $ npm view level dist.tarball

And to download tarball, you can use [`npm pack`](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/pack):

    $ npm pack level

Just run the command 

    npm view [package name] dist.tarball

It will return a tar url.

Running `npm pack PACKAGE_NAME` will download a tarball of any package on npm. 

To extract it, just run `tar -xzf DOWNLOADED_FILE.tgz`

### Example:

    npm pack react

then extract:

    tar -xzf react-16.6.3.tgz


If you need to get the tarball **without having npm installed**, you can fetch the package information using `curl` and use `jq` to get the right information from the JSON:

    curl https://registry.npmjs.org/PACKAGE-NAME/ \
        | jq &#39;.versions[.&quot;dist-tags&quot;.latest].dist.tarball&#39;

This is for instance useful if you&#39;re building a Docker container that requires one npm package, and don&#39;t want to install npm just for that.

Yes, you can `npm install &lt;git remote URL&gt;` to download the full repository into `node_modules`. This will be directly from the repository&#39;s host, rather than via npm, though. See [the `npm install` docs](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install) for more information.

In order to find a good internship, I am engaged in answering these [questions](https://github.com/h5bp/Front-end-Developer-Interview-Questions), There is one question which I am not clear what it says, I have never heard relevant information before, so I want to know  **What is progressive rendering?**

What is progressive rendering?

I would like to use a system fact for a host times a number/percentage as a base for a variable.  What I am trying to do specifically is use the `ansible_memtotal_mb` value and multiply it by .80 to get a ramsize to then use in setting a Couchbase value.  I have been trying different variations of the line below.  I&#39;m not ever sure that it is possible, but any help would be appreciated.
```yaml
vars:
  ramsize: &#39;&quot;{{ ansible_memtotal_mb }}&quot; * .80&#39;
```

How to use arithmetic when setting a variable value in Ansible?

Is there some URL from which I can download a given package from npm (as a tarball or something)? I need the exact files that were originally uploaded to npm.

Using `npm install` gets a different, generated package.json for example. I want the exact original set of files that was published.


Download a package from npm as a tar (not installing it to a module)

<p>Is there some URL from which I can download a given package from npm (as a tarball or something)? I need the exact files that were originally uploaded to npm.</p>
<p>Using <code>npm install</code> gets a different, generated package.json for example. I want the exact original set of files that was published.</p>


I&#39;ve installed node using `brew install node` and when I use the `node -v` I get following `v5.0.0`. However when I try to run the `npm` command I get `npm: command not found`. 

I&#39;ve tried to run `brew install npm`, however I just got following response `node-5.0.0 already installed`.

It happened with node also returning command not found, but that I fixed by running `brew link node`, however npm still does not seem to work.

How can I resolve this problem?

brew install npm &quot;npm: command not found&quot;

I have font-awesome in my node_modules folder so I try to import it in my main .scss file like so:

    @import &quot;../../node_modules/font-awesome/scss/font-awesome.scss&quot;;

But Webpack bundling compilation fails, telling me

    Error: Cannot resolve &#39;file&#39; or &#39;directory&#39; ../fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot 

because the font-awesome.scss file refers to a relative path, &#39;../fonts/&#39;.

How can I tell scss \ webpack to @import another file, and use that file&#39;s folder as the home folder so that its relative paths work as it expects?


How do I load font-awesome using SCSS (SASS) in Webpack using relative paths?

I&#39;m trying to set up less on phpstorm so I can compile .less files to .css on save. I have installed node.js and the next step (according to this [https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/help/transpiling-sass-less-and-scss-to-css.html][1]) is running this command in the terminal 

    npm install -g less

However when I do this I get these errors

    ☁  ~  npm install -g less
    npm WARN install Couldn&#39;t install optional dependency: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir &#39;/Users/brentscholl/.npm/mkdirp/0.5.1&#39;
    npm WARN install Couldn&#39;t install optional dependency: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir &#39;/Users/brentscholl/.npm/graceful-fs/3.0.8&#39;
    npm WARN install Couldn&#39;t install optional dependency: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir &#39;/Users/brentscholl/.npm/extend/3.0.0&#39;
    npm WARN install Couldn&#39;t install optional dependency: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir &#39;/Users/brentscholl/.npm/readable-stream/2.0.4&#39;
    npm WARN install Couldn&#39;t install optional dependency: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir &#39;/Users/brentscholl/.npm/chalk/1.1.1&#39;
    npm WARN install Couldn&#39;t install optional dependency: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir &#39;/Users/brentscholl/.npm/xtend/4.0.1&#39;
    npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules
    /usr/local/lib
    └─┬ less@2.5.3
      ├─┬ errno@0.1.4
      │ └── prr@0.0.0
      ├── image-size@0.3.5
      ├── mime@1.3.4
      ├─┬ promise@6.1.0
      │ └── asap@1.0.0
      └─┬ source-map@0.4.4
        └── amdefine@1.0.0
    
    npm ERR! Darwin 15.0.0
    npm ERR! argv &quot;/usr/local/bin/node&quot; &quot;/usr/local/bin/npm&quot; &quot;install&quot; &quot;-g&quot; &quot;less&quot;
    npm ERR! node v5.0.0
    npm ERR! npm  v3.3.6
    npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules
    npm ERR! code EACCES
    npm ERR! errno -13
    npm ERR! syscall access
    
    npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access &#39;/usr/local/lib/node_modules&#39;
    npm ERR!     at Error (native)
    npm ERR!  { [Error: EACCES: permission denied, access &#39;/usr/local/lib/node_modules&#39;]
    npm ERR!   errno: -13,
    npm ERR!   code: &#39;EACCES&#39;,
    npm ERR!   syscall: &#39;access&#39;,
    npm ERR!   path: &#39;/usr/local/lib/node_modules&#39; }
    npm ERR!
    npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
    
    npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
    npm ERR!     /Users/brentscholl/npm-debug.log
    

I&#39;m a complete noob here and not sure what to do next. Any help would be very appreciated!


  [1]: https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/help/transpiling-sass-less-and-scss-to-css.html

npm install -g less does not work: EACCES: permission denied

I&#39;m developing a web app at work in React/Redux/Webpack and am now starting to integrate testing with Mocha.

I followed [the instructions for writing tests in the Redux documentation][1], but now I have run into an issue with my webpack aliases.

For example, take a look at the imports section of this test for one of my action creators:

    import expect       from &#39;expect&#39;                 // resolves without an issue
    import * as actions from &#39;actions/app&#39;;           // can&#39;t resolve this alias
    import * as types   from &#39;constants/actionTypes&#39;; // can&#39;t resolve this alias
    
    describe(&#39;Actions&#39;, () =&gt; {
      describe(&#39;app&#39;,() =&gt; {
        it(&#39;should create an action with a successful connection&#39;, () =&gt; {
    
          const host = &#39;***************&#39;,
                port = ****,
                db = &#39;******&#39;,
                user = &#39;*********&#39;,
                pass = &#39;******&#39;;
         
          const action = actions.createConnection(host, port, db, user, pass);
    
          const expectedAction = {
            type: types.CREATE_CONNECTION,
            status: &#39;success&#39;,
            payload: { host, port, database, username }
          };
    
          expect(action).toEqual(expectedAction);
        });
      });
    });

As the comments suggest, mocha isn&#39;t able to resolve my import statements when they are referencing aliased dependencies. 

Because I&#39;m still new to webpack, here&#39;s my `webpack.config.js`:

    module.exports = {
      devtool: &#39;eval-source-map&#39;,
      entry: [
        &#39;webpack-hot-middleware/client&#39;,
        &#39;./src/index&#39;
      ],
      output: {
        path: path.join(__dirname, &#39;dist&#39;),
        filename: &#39;bundle.js&#39;,
        publicPath: &#39;/static/&#39;
      },
      resolve: {
        extensions : [&#39;&#39;, &#39;.js&#39;, &#39;.jsx&#39;],
        alias: {
          actions: path.resolve(__dirname, &#39;src&#39;, &#39;actions&#39;),
          constants: path.resolve(__dirname, &#39;src&#39;, &#39;constants&#39;),
          /* more aliases */
        }
      },
      plugins: [
        new webpack.optimize.OccurenceOrderPlugin(),
        new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
        new webpack.NoErrorsPlugin()
      ],
      module: {
        loaders: [{
          test: /\.js$/,
          loaders: [&#39;babel&#39;],
          exclude: /node_modules/,
          include: __dirname
        }]
      }
    };

Also, I&#39;m using the command `npm test` to run mocha, here&#39;s the script I&#39;m using in my `package.json`.

     {   
       &quot;scripts&quot;: {
         &quot;test&quot;: &quot;mocha ./src/**/test/spec.js --compilers js:babel-core/register --recursive&quot;
       }
     }

So here&#39;s where I get stuck. **I need to include the aliases from webpack into mocha when it runs.** 

  [1]: http://rackt.org/redux/docs/recipes/WritingTests.html

Using webpack aliases in mocha tests

I&#39;m not 100% sure, but I believe I installed node v5 from the windows installer on both my home and office PCs.

On my home PC global installs happen under %APPDATA%:

    (dev) go|c:\srv&gt; which lessc
    c:\users\bjorn\appdata\roaming\npm\lessc
    c:\users\bjorn\appdata\roaming\npm\lessc.cmd

while on my office PC, they go under program files:

    (dev) go|w:\srv&gt; which lessc
    c:\program files\nodejs\lessc
    c:\program files\nodejs\lessc.cmd

I need to provide the full path to a number of these global tools to PyCharm&#39;s file watcher, and since the project file i shared it would make sense to not have global resources under a user folder.

Why would the global installs end up in different folders, and how can I force them to a location that is common to all team members?

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Download a package from npm as a tar (not installing it to a module)

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How to use arithmetic when setting a variable value in Ansible?

What is progressive rendering?

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