NPM installation on Ubuntu requires sudo #14673
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I think we will get in trouble for this, possibly righteously.
Since we already say local installation is usually better, and we cover that anyway in the next article, why not make this article also use local installation?
npm install prettier
npx prettier
(we would have to explain a bit about npx)
We should still include permissions issues as a con about global install.
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Or we could even, at this point, only just mention global install, and not make such a big thing of it. |
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After much thought I have decided to make this install locally. The main reason being that this is what prettier.io itself recommends. Given that, I have also pointed to their installation instructions. FWIW I would have been happy to live with the disappointment of the Linux community. Can you guys please re-review, |
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| Running the command without any arguments, as with many other commands, will offer up usage and help information. Try this now: | ||
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This probably gets to 'what is the point of this article anyway' but you don't actually need the .prettierrc.json or .prettierignore stuff just to play with Prettier, which was all the previous version of the article was showing. And I'm not sure what --save-dev and --save-exact will do for you outside the context of package.json.
So I would prefer that we leave them out of this, and just do:
npm install prettier
(But if you still want to include that extra stuff I'm OK with that.)
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I didn't even really think about it - still grinding my teeth over global install.
On balance I agree so have removed both. Thanks.
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| Running the command without any arguments, as with many other commands, will offer up usage and help information. Try this now: | ||
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This probably gets to 'what is the point of this article anyway' but you don't actually need the .prettierrc.json or .prettierignore stuff just to play with Prettier, which was all the previous version of the article was showing. And I'm not sure what --save-dev and --save-exact will do for you outside the context of package.json.
So I would prefer that we leave them out of this, and just do:
npm install prettier
(But if you still want to include that extra stuff I'm OK with that.)
Fixes #14558
Generally Ubuntu/Linux users have a tantrum when you suggest using
sudoto resolve permission errors. However this is "Learn" content, and if we want users to be able to follow it then we can't expect Linux expertise. From my research using sudo with NPM is actually recommended, in particular if you use theHoriflags to make sure that the files are installed to correct locations for current user.Upshot, I think this is OK with a caveat "there are monsters here".
I have highlighted the specific relevant changes with inline comments.