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Re:So you want to write a package manager by dikaiosune on Saturday February 13, 2016 @09:48PM (#11096927)
Right, but that doesn't address how you acquire/install/configure npm itself, which is one of the main benefits of having gradlew[.bat].
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Re:So you want to write a package manager by TheAceOfHearts on Sunday February 14, 2016 @12:40AM (#11097277)
You need to have node installed already. Once it's installed you'll have npm because it's bundled with node.

I googled quickly for gradlew.bat and from the first link I opened it looks like it depends on java being installed already.

Node already includes npm because it's the official package manager. Java doesn't include gradle, presumably because they have multiple options and none of them is considered the official one?

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Re:So you want to write a package manager by dikaiosune on Sunday February 14, 2016 @01:37AM (#11097389)
I wasn't aware of the implicit "if you have node you have npm" relationship -- thanks for clearing that up.
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