NPM Question--How bad did I screw up?

brent

found a script to build a desktop analog clock with npm, so am learning this.
(conky still intimidates me: you need a lua conf file and a conky conf file, doubling the ways I can screw up etc).

anyhow it wanted me to update it.
Behold, a pale horse:

$ npm install --save react-analog-clock

added 9 packages in 5s
npm notice 
npm notice New minor version of npm available! 10.5.0 -> 10.6.0
npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v10.6.0
npm notice Run npm install -g npm@10.6.0 to update!
npm notice

so...

~ $ sudo npm install -g npm@10.6.0
[sudo] password for brent:

removed 17 packages, and changed 59 packages in 4s

time to roll back? sky is falling? "removed 17..changed 59.." what could happen? 😨

EDIT: rebooted just fine. just wonder the repercussions of beating Solus Maintainers to the 10.6.0 version?

alfisya

It is fine (?). I am not familiar with nodejs/npm myself, only using it for editing help center using yarn. But they are not like python and pip that can mess your system if you are not careful. Those "packages" that got removed or changed are nodejs module (I don't know what they call it) specific to that project you are compiling. Not your system packages (.eopkg) as long I understand it correctly. So, rest easy (?).

brent

alfisya resting easy, thank you!