npm install installing extra packages not specified in package.json

Question

I have a fairly typical package.json on an AWS ec2 instance. I\'m running npm install and instead of installing

{
  \"name\": \"angular         


        

Answer 1

They are dependencies of the modules you want. This can't be avoided.

Answer 2

This is a difference between NPM 2 and NPM 3. NPM 3 will put the first version of a dependency as a peer and other versions of a dependency nested.

• https://docs.npmjs.com/how-npm-works/npm3

• https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/11586

I guess it looks uglier, but takes less space.