Isn't there a way to install npm without Node.js?

[apple77y]

I'm trying to install npm without Node.js on my WAS.
Please tell me if there's a way.

[Rafi993]

As stated in this blog just download npm from here and configure the environment variable. Then your done.

[apple77y]

@Rafi993 I checked the blog, but the step one was "Get Node.exe". I try to find the way to use npm without Node.js. I guess that it is impossible.. :(

[kenany]

npm is written in JavaScript. If you don't install Node.js, how will you run npm?

[othiym23]

As @kenany says, npm is an app written entirely in JavaScript and depends very heavily on Node.js APIs (and other pure-JavaScript packages that in turn depend on Node.js APIs). Because Node.js is a scripting platform running a dynamic language (just like Python, Ruby, or Perl), apps written atop it need to have access to the binary to run. Having Node installed is a prerequisite for that reason. Because this is how npm works, I'm going to close this issue. Thanks for your time!

[apple77y]

@kenany @othiym23 Now I realize why npm depends on Node.js. Got it! Thanx for your supporting.