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Ricard Taujenis
Ricard Taujenis
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Posted by Ricard Taujenis
Ricard Taujenis
4,383 Points

Install gulp globally using the node package manager - usually just called npm.

it said that i didnt use npm i tried different variations none of them worked

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William Li
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William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

While I'm not entirely sure which challenge/quiz you're referring to, the npm command to install sth globally is

npm install -g gulp
Ricard Taujenis
Ricard Taujenis
4,383 Points
Ricard Taujenis
Ricard Taujenis
4,383 Points

Thx idk sometimes the questions are relatively practical but the videos dont give a proper inside idea, good think the Community is always helpful :)

Ezra Siton
Ezra Siton
12,644 Points
Ezra Siton
Ezra Siton
12,644 Points

more data here:

In global mode (ie, with -g or --global appended to the command), it installs the current package context (ie, the current working directory) as a global package.

https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install