# Using npm in script file, installs seem to fail?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-npm-in-script-file-installs-seem-to-fail/29876>\
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**Created:** [10 July 2020 23:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/using-npm-in-script-file-installs-seem-to-fail/29876 "2020-07-10T23:21:54Z")\
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The page you want is for the flow inspector - [New thing: Flow Inspector](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/new-thing-flow-inspector/20573)

and yes - calling npm once with a big list is the preferred way as it lets the dependency optimiser work a lot better.  
(PS you have dashboard and advanced-ping in the list twice)  
(PPS not sure why you should need node-red-contrib-email-out - we would prefer to fix the node-red-node one if it is broken than require another overlapping one)

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