# Node-Red installation offline?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-offline/60446>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [28 March 2022 12:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-offline/60446 "2022-03-28T12:37:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [28 March 2022 12:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-offline/60446/2 "2022-03-28T12:59:38Z")

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> [@Node-Red installation fail Windows Server 2019 via RDP](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-fail-windows-server-2019-via-rdp/58899/4):
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> No, nothing on npm will help you here. Best I can do is suggest you do a local (not global) npm install into a known directory mkdir temp cd temp npm install node-red Then zip up the temp directory copy it over to the unconnected machine and unzip it. You can then try starting it by running: cd temp node\_modules\.bin\node-red.bat But you are going to have other problems, once installed it will be hard to install any extra nodes as the catalogue manager will not work. You will need a conne…

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