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¥Loading from the global folders

如果 NODE_PATH 环境变量设置为以冒号分隔的绝对路径列表，则 Node.js 将在这些路径中搜索模块（如果它们在其他地方找不到）。

¥If the NODE_PATH environment variable is set to a colon-delimited list of absolute paths, then Node.js will search those paths for modules if they are not found elsewhere.

在 Windows 上，NODE_PATH 由分号 (;) 而不是冒号分隔。

¥On Windows, NODE_PATH is delimited by semicolons (;) instead of colons.

在定义当前的模块解析算法之前，NODE_PATH 最初是为了支持从不同路径加载模块而创建的。

¥NODE_PATH was originally created to support loading modules from varying paths before the current module resolution algorithm was defined.

NODE_PATH 仍然受支持，但现在 Node.js 生态系统已经确定了用于定位依赖模块的约定，因此不太必要。有时，当不知道必须设置 NODE_PATH 时，依赖 NODE_PATH 的部署会表现出意外的行为。有时，模块的依赖会发生变化，导致在搜索 NODE_PATH 时加载不同的版本（甚至不同的模块）。

¥NODE_PATH is still supported, but is less necessary now that the Node.js ecosystem has settled on a convention for locating dependent modules. Sometimes deployments that rely on NODE_PATH show surprising behavior when people are unaware that NODE_PATH must be set. Sometimes a module's dependencies change, causing a different version (or even a different module) to be loaded as the NODE_PATH is searched.

此外，Node.js 将在以下 GLOBAL_FOLDERS 列表中搜索：

¥Additionally, Node.js will search in the following list of GLOBAL_FOLDERS:

1: $HOME/.node_modules
2: $HOME/.node_libraries
3: $PREFIX/lib/node

其中 $HOME 是用户的主目录，$PREFIX 是 Node.js 配置的 node_prefix。

¥Where $HOME is the user's home directory, and $PREFIX is the Node.js configured node_prefix.

这些主要是出于历史原因。

¥These are mostly for historic reasons.

强烈建议将依赖放在本地 node_modules 文件夹中。这些将加载得更快，更可靠。

¥It is strongly encouraged to place dependencies in the local node_modules folder. These will be loaded faster, and more reliably.