[Discuss] node.js and npm on Debian?

[smallm at sdf.org (Mike Small)]

Mike Small <smallm at sdf.org> writes:

> Dan Ritter <dsr at randomstring.org> writes:
>
>> On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 10:51:41AM -0800, Rich Braun wrote:
>>> Kent Borg <kentborg at borg.org> asks:
>>> > But I can't figure out how to install npm. When I search for
>>> > installation instructions they all seem to want me to pipe a curl
>>> > command into a sudo bash. Huh? That's scary as hell.
>>> 
>>> Let others do the installation for you: my go-to technology for this is
>>> Docker. First get docker installed
>>
>> And transfers those headaches to your security and ops teams.
>>
>
> Would Nix or Guix (run from within Debian -- guessing the former would

In case you were thinking of this as a random suggestion from an
ignoramus (which would be entirely appropriate) here's a FOSDEM talk on
the subject:
https://archive.fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/deploying_npm_packages_with_nix/

-- 
Mike Small
smallm at sdf.org