How do I install a package with npm with a different/custom module name

Question

How do I install a package with npm with a different/custom module name

I want to install a specific revision from a github tarball named something like "mymodule" and name it something like "mymoduleTemp", and then load a potentially different version of it that will take the real name "mymodule".

So, how do I do the first thing? I'm looking for something like:

npm install https://github.com/me/mymodule/tarball/someTag -name mymoduleTemp

Is there any way to do that? A nice-to-have:

If mymodule already exists, it doesn't get clobbered when mymoduleTemp is installed (ie ideally the process wouldn't be to install as mymodule then rename the folder)

node.js
npm

Answer 1

there was an issue filed on the npm-github repository requesting that feature.

read on here: https://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues/2943

Answer 2

One way would be to put it in your package json file and then run npm install... Something like this

"dependencies": {
    "public": "git://github.com/user/repo.git#ref",
    "private": "git+ssh://git@github.com:user/repo.git#ref"
}

Source:http://www.devthought.com/2012/02/17/npm-tricks/