Require global npm as a local node module.
npm install global-npmglobal-npm
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Require global npm as a local node module.
Npm is about 25MB in size now, which is quite a heavy dependency for most modules. Luckily, nearly every node.js user has a npm installed globally.
However, normally, you can't require a global module directly, unless:
0. set NODE_PATH environment variable to the folder where global modules are installed.
0. link the local project with global module to use.
0. require a file path instead of a module name.
The last one should be the best way for a third-party module.
If your module needs to depend on npm, why not just use the global one?
javascript
var npm = require('global-npm')
`If the version of npm counts, please use semver to check