Pre-requisites
Before getting started, make sure you have a fresh version of Node.js installed. The current LTS is an ideal starting point. You may run into a variety of issues with the older versions as they may be missing functionality webpack or related packages might need.
The next section tells you how to install webpack locally in a project.
Local Installation
npm install webpack --save-dev
npm install webpack@<version> --save-dev
If you are using npm scripts in your project, npm will try to look for webpack installation in your local modules for which this installation technique is useful.
"scripts": {
"start": "webpack --config mywebpack.config.js"
}
This is standard and recommended practice.
To run the local installation of webpack you can access its bin version as node_modules/.bin/webpack
Global Installation
Note that a global webpack installation is not a recommended practice. This locks you down to a specific version of webpack and might fail in projects that use a different version.
npm install webpack -g
The webpack command is now available globally.
Bleeding Edge
If you are enthusiastic about using the latest that webpack has to offer (beware - may be unstable), you can install directly from the webpack repository using
npm install webpack/webpack#<tagname/branchname>
