Is there a way to make npm install (the command) to work behind proxy?

Question

Read about a proxy variable in a .npmrc file but it does not work. Trying to avoid manually downloading all require packages and installing.

Answer 1

Here are the steps that I've followed (Windows):

1. Edit the following file C:\Users\\.npmrc

2. Export the certificate to your file system from the following address:https://registry.npmjs.org

3. Navigate to the exported certificate location and issue the following command:

   npm config set cafile npm_certificate.cer

4. Add the following changes to the file: registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/ strict-ssl=false https-proxy=http://[proxy_user]:[proxy_password]@[proxy_ip]:[proxy_port]/ cafile=npm_certificate.cer

Now you should be ready to go!