I mean why would anyone install a package temporarily and not add it to the dependencies list ?
--no-save uses?
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Maybe you just want to test an idea without the need to add a package in the dependency or devDependencies of your package.json file.
if you run:
npm install --no-save express
now, if you check your node_modules folder the package is downloaded but package.json is not updated.
When you try to run your code, since express is available in node_module it can be picked up by your code or any third party library that you have in your project.
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