# Installing Node-RED on a Work (Corporate) Laptop

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**Created:** [8 November 2019 15:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/installing-node-red-on-a-work-corporate-laptop/17683 "2019-11-08T15:16:38Z")\
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No, but you can install it on another machine (same OS, NodeJS and architecture) and copy the whole installation to your target machine with an USB stick (thumb drive). That's how I do it, works fine for Windows and Linux.

It's important to do a local install (no `-g` flag). Just run `npm install node-red` in an empty directory.

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