It is 2018 and people still think npm is an acceptable distribution mechanism for their programs
@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
@mindnmotion Additionally, it makes it impossible for system packages to depend on npm programs. Thus, these packages will need repackaging anyway
@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.
@jordyd I have similar issue with composer. There's no validator between the packager and deployment, why people blindly trust it is beyond me.
@jordyd What do you suggest is better? npm works just fine.