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Expand Up @@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ npm install --save-dev webpack
npm install --save-dev webpack@<version>
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If you're using webpack 4 or later, you'll also need to install the CLI.

``` bash
npm install --save-dev webpack-cli
```

Installing locally is what we recommend for most projects. This makes it easier to upgrade projects individually when breaking changes are introduced. Typically webpack is run via one or more [npm scripts](https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/scripts) which will look for a webpack installation in your local `node_modules` directory:

```json
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