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Expand Up @@ -28,7 +28,13 @@ npm install --save-dev webpack
npm install --save-dev webpack@<version>
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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:
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 requires the installation of `webpack-cli`:

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

Now you can modify your `package.json` in order to find the package that was installed in your `node_modules/.bin` directory:

```json
"scripts": {
Expand All @@ -44,7 +50,7 @@ T> To run the local installation of webpack you can access its bin version as `n
The following NPM installation will make `webpack` available globally:

``` bash
npm install --global webpack
npm install --global webpack webpack-cli
```

W> Note that this is __not a recommended practice__. Installing globally locks you down to a specific version of webpack and could fail in projects that use a different version.
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