installation

node.js

Install node.js.

node.js comes with a package manager called npm.

webpack

webpack can be installed through npm:

$ npm install webpack -g

webpack is now installed globally and the webpack command is available.

Use webpack in a project

It's the best to have webpack also as dependency in your project. Through this you can choose a local webpack version and will not be forced to use the single global one.

Add a package.json configuration file for npm with:

$ npm init

The answers to the questions are not so important if you don't want to publish your project to npm.

Install and add webpack to the package.json with:

$ npm install webpack --save-dev

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