# Install node red

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**Created:** [16 March 2020 06:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/install-node-red/23157 "2020-03-16T06:01:01Z")\
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npm has two ways of installing modules - either as a local module or a global module.

When installed as a global module (by using the `-g` option) then it will place any scripts the module provides onto your path so they can be run from anywhere.

When installed as a local module (as you are doing here) then it does _not_ put the scripts onto your path.

To run node-red when it has been installed into a local directory you would run:

`node node_modules/node-red/red.js`

You may also want to look at [New Utility: alternate-node-red-installer](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/new-utility-alternate-node-red-installer/13490)

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