How to install a package using npm?

Question

JavaScript

Good day!
I can’t understand what I’m doing wrong:
I write npm install gulp-stylus in the console and instead of the 1st gulp-stylus folder, another 70 folders are put ...
what am I doing wrong?
Thanks

Answer 1

It's OK
You need gulp-stylus
And gulp-stylus needs other modules to work, and those other modules also need modules
npm pulls all dependencies on installation

Answer 2

You all do this, it's normal, welcome to the world of npm.

Answer 3

Starting from a certain version, npm does not nest node_modules folders inside each other, but stores dependent packages in the node_modules root. Nests only if multiple packages require the same package but different versions.

Answer 4

The packages that you put in the project must be installed with the --save key so that they fall into config dependencies, then when transferring the project to another machine, you will not need to install all the packages by hand.