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It is 2018 and people still think npm is an acceptable distribution mechanism for their programs
@jordyd What do you suggest is better? npm works just fine.
@mindnmotion npm works just fine only if you're using it to manage javascript dependencies. It's not suitable for distributing programs. On my system, for example, npm's default configuration fails to install packages globally, even when run as root
@jordyd Ah I see
@jordyd I seem to have that same problem on OpenBSD. I just have to go to the /usr/local/lib/node_modules folder and run npm as root without -g.
@mindnmotion Additionally, it makes it impossible for system packages to depend on npm programs. Thus, these packages will need repackaging anyway