What is the difference between the global installation of dependencies and local installation of dependencies?

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Global installation of dependencies is stored in /npm directory. While local installation of dependencies stores in the local mode. Here local mode refers to the package installation in node_modules directory lying in the folder where Node application is present.
Globally deployed packages cannot be imported using require() in Node application directly. On the other hand, locally deployed packages are accessible via require().
To install a Node project globally -g flag is used.
1. C:\Nodejs_WorkSpace>npm install express ?g
To install a Node project locally, the syntax is:
1. C:\Nodejs_WorkSpace>npm install express

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