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2 title: npm-install-test
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4 description: Install package(s) and run tests
5 github_repo: npm/cli
6 github_branch: latest
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37
38 ### Synopsis
39
40 ```bash
41 npm install-test [<package-spec> ...]
42
43 alias: it
44 ```
45
46 ### Description
47
48 This command runs an `npm install` followed immediately by an `npm test`. It takes exactly the same arguments as `npm install`.
49
50 ### Configuration
51
52 #### `save`
53
54 - Default: `true` unless when using `npm update` where it defaults to `false`
55 - Type: Boolean
56
57 Save installed packages to a `package.json` file as dependencies.
58
59 When used with the `npm rm` command, removes the dependency from `package.json`.
60
61 Will also prevent writing to `package-lock.json` if set to `false`.
62
63 #### `save-exact`
64
65 - Default: false
66 - Type: Boolean
67
68 Dependencies saved to package.json will be configured with an exact version rather than using npm's default semver range operator.
69
70 #### `global`
71
72 - Default: false
73 - Type: Boolean
74
75 Operates in "global" mode, so that packages are installed into the `prefix` folder instead of the current working directory. See [folders](/cli/v11/configuring-npm/folders) for more on the differences in behavior.
76
77 - packages are installed into the `{prefix}/lib/node_modules` folder, instead of the current working directory.
78 - bin files are linked to `{prefix}/bin`
79 - man pages are linked to `{prefix}/share/man`
80
81 #### `install-strategy`
82
83 - Default: "hoisted"
84 - Type: "hoisted", "nested", "shallow", or "linked"
85
86 Sets the strategy for installing packages in node_modules. hoisted (default): Install non-duplicated in top-level, and duplicated as necessary within directory structure. nested: (formerly --legacy-bundling) install in place, no hoisting. shallow (formerly --global-style) only install direct deps at top-level. linked: (experimental) install in node_modules/.store, link in place, unhoisted.
87
88 #### `legacy-bundling`
89
90 - Default: false
91 - Type: Boolean
92 - DEPRECATED: This option has been deprecated in favor of `--install-strategy=nested`
93
94 Instead of hoisting package installs in `node_modules`, install packages in the same manner that they are depended on. This may cause very deep directory structures and duplicate package installs as there is no de-duplicating. Sets `--install-strategy=nested`.
95
96 #### `global-style`
97
98 - Default: false
99 - Type: Boolean
100 - DEPRECATED: This option has been deprecated in favor of `--install-strategy=shallow`
101
102 Only install direct dependencies in the top level `node_modules`, but hoist on deeper dependencies. Sets `--install-strategy=shallow`.
103
104 #### `omit`
105
106 - Default: 'dev' if the `NODE_ENV` environment variable is set to 'production'; otherwise, empty.
107 - Type: "dev", "optional", or "peer" (can be set multiple times)
108
109 Dependency types to omit from the installation tree on disk.
110
111 Note that these dependencies _are_ still resolved and added to the `package-lock.json` or `npm-shrinkwrap.json` file. They are just not physically installed on disk.
112
113 If a package type appears in both the `--include` and `--omit` lists, then it will be included.
114
115 If the resulting omit list includes `'dev'`, then the `NODE_ENV` environment variable will be set to `'production'` for all lifecycle scripts.
116
117 #### `include`
118
119 - Default:
120 - Type: "prod", "dev", "optional", or "peer" (can be set multiple times)
121
122 Option that allows for defining which types of dependencies to install.
123
124 This is the inverse of `--omit=<type>`.
125
126 Dependency types specified in `--include` will not be omitted, regardless of the order in which omit/include are specified on the command-line.
127
128 #### `strict-peer-deps`
129
130 - Default: false
131 - Type: Boolean
132
133 If set to `true`, and `--legacy-peer-deps` is not set, then _any_ conflicting `peerDependencies` will be treated as an install failure, even if npm could reasonably guess the appropriate resolution based on non-peer dependency relationships.
134
135 By default, conflicting `peerDependencies` deep in the dependency graph will be resolved using the nearest non-peer dependency specification, even if doing so will result in some packages receiving a peer dependency outside the range set in their package's `peerDependencies` object.
136
137 When such an override is performed, a warning is printed, explaining the conflict and the packages involved. If `--strict-peer-deps` is set, then this warning is treated as a failure.
138
139 #### `prefer-dedupe`
140
141 - Default: false
142 - Type: Boolean
143
144 Prefer to deduplicate packages if possible, rather than choosing a newer version of a dependency.
145
146 #### `package-lock`
147
148 - Default: true
149 - Type: Boolean
150
151 If set to false, then ignore `package-lock.json` files when installing. This will also prevent _writing_ `package-lock.json` if `save` is true.
152
153 #### `package-lock-only`
154
155 - Default: false
156 - Type: Boolean
157
158 If set to true, the current operation will only use the `package-lock.json`, ignoring `node_modules`.
159
160 For `update` this means only the `package-lock.json` will be updated, instead of checking `node_modules` and downloading dependencies.
161
162 For `list` this means the output will be based on the tree described by the `package-lock.json`, rather than the contents of `node_modules`.
163
164 #### `foreground-scripts`
165
166 - Default: `false` unless when using `npm pack` or `npm publish` where it defaults to `true`
167 - Type: Boolean
168
169 Run all build scripts (ie, `preinstall`, `install`, and `postinstall`) scripts for installed packages in the foreground process, sharing standard input, output, and error with the main npm process.
170
171 Note that this will generally make installs run slower, and be much noisier, but can be useful for debugging.
172
173 #### `ignore-scripts`
174
175 - Default: false
176 - Type: Boolean
177
178 If true, npm does not run scripts specified in package.json files.
179
180 Note that commands explicitly intended to run a particular script, such as `npm start`, `npm stop`, `npm restart`, `npm test`, and `npm run` will still run their intended script if `ignore-scripts` is set, but they will _not_ run any pre- or post-scripts.
181
182 #### `allow-git`
183
184 - Default: "all"
185 - Type: "all", "none", or "root"
186
187 Limits the ability for npm to fetch dependencies from git references. That is, dependencies that point to a git repo instead of a version or semver range. Please note that this could leave your tree incomplete and some packages may not function as intended or designed.
188
189 `all` allows any git dependencies to be fetched and installed. `none` prevents any git dependencies from being fetched and installed. `root` only allows git dependencies defined in your project's package.json to be fetched installed. Also allows git dependencies to be fetched for other commands like `npm view`
190
191 #### `audit`
192
193 - Default: true
194 - Type: Boolean
195
196 When "true" submit audit reports alongside the current npm command to the default registry and all registries configured for scopes. See the documentation for [`npm audit`](/cli/v11/commands/npm-audit) for details on what is submitted.
197
198 #### `before`
199
200 - Default: null
201 - Type: null or Date
202
203 If passed to `npm install`, will rebuild the npm tree such that only versions that were available **on or before** the given date are installed. If there are no versions available for the current set of dependencies, the command will error.
204
205 If the requested version is a `dist-tag` and the given tag does not pass the `--before` filter, the most recent version less than or equal to that tag will be used. For example, `foo@latest` might install `foo@1.2` even though `latest` is `2.0`.
206
207 This config cannot be used with: `min-release-age`
208
209 #### `min-release-age`
210
211 - Default: null
212 - Type: null or Number
213
214 If set, npm will build the npm tree such that only versions that were available more than the given number of days ago will be installed. If there are no versions available for the current set of dependencies, the command will error.
215
216 This flag is a complement to `before`, which accepts an exact date instead of a relative number of days.
217
218 This config cannot be used with: `before`
219
220 #### `bin-links`
221
222 - Default: true
223 - Type: Boolean
224
225 Tells npm to create symlinks (or `.cmd` shims on Windows) for package executables.
226
227 Set to false to have it not do this. This can be used to work around the fact that some file systems don't support symlinks, even on ostensibly Unix systems.
228
229 #### `fund`
230
231 - Default: true
232 - Type: Boolean
233
234 When "true" displays the message at the end of each `npm install` acknowledging the number of dependencies looking for funding. See [`npm fund`](/cli/v11/commands/npm-fund) for details.
235
236 #### `dry-run`
237
238 - Default: false
239 - Type: Boolean
240
241 Indicates that you don't want npm to make any changes and that it should only report what it would have done. This can be passed into any of the commands that modify your local installation, eg, `install`, `update`, `dedupe`, `uninstall`, as well as `pack` and `publish`.
242
243 Note: This is NOT honored by other network related commands, eg `dist-tags`, `owner`, etc.
244
245 #### `cpu`
246
247 - Default: null
248 - Type: null or String
249
250 Override CPU architecture of native modules to install. Acceptable values are same as `cpu` field of package.json, which comes from `process.arch`.
251
252 #### `os`
253
254 - Default: null
255 - Type: null or String
256
257 Override OS of native modules to install. Acceptable values are same as `os` field of package.json, which comes from `process.platform`.
258
259 #### `libc`
260
261 - Default: null
262 - Type: null or String
263
264 Override libc of native modules to install. Acceptable values are same as `libc` field of package.json
265
266 #### `workspace`
267
268 - Default:
269 - Type: String (can be set multiple times)
270
271 Enable running a command in the context of the configured workspaces of the current project while filtering by running only the workspaces defined by this configuration option.
272
273 Valid values for the `workspace` config are either:
274
275 - Workspace names
276 - Path to a workspace directory
277 - Path to a parent workspace directory (will result in selecting all workspaces within that folder)
278
279 When set for the `npm init` command, this may be set to the folder of a workspace which does not yet exist, to create the folder and set it up as a brand new workspace within the project.
280
281 This value is not exported to the environment for child processes.
282
283 #### `workspaces`
284
285 - Default: null
286 - Type: null or Boolean
287
288 Set to true to run the command in the context of **all** configured workspaces.
289
290 Explicitly setting this to false will cause commands like `install` to ignore workspaces altogether. When not set explicitly:
291
292 - Commands that operate on the `node_modules` tree (install, update, etc.) will link workspaces into the `node_modules` folder. - Commands that do other things (test, exec, publish, etc.) will operate on the root project, _unless_ one or more workspaces are specified in the `workspace` config.
293
294 This value is not exported to the environment for child processes.
295
296 #### `include-workspace-root`
297
298 - Default: false
299 - Type: Boolean
300
301 Include the workspace root when workspaces are enabled for a command.
302
303 When false, specifying individual workspaces via the `workspace` config, or all workspaces via the `workspaces` flag, will cause npm to operate only on the specified workspaces, and not on the root project.
304
305 This value is not exported to the environment for child processes.
306
307 #### `install-links`
308
309 - Default: false
310 - Type: Boolean
311
312 When set file: protocol dependencies will be packed and installed as regular dependencies instead of creating a symlink. This option has no effect on workspaces.
313
314 ### See Also
315
316 - [npm install](/cli/v11/commands/npm-install)
317 - [npm install-ci-test](/cli/v11/commands/npm-install-ci-test)
318 - [npm test](/cli/v11/commands/npm-test)