[BUG] npm install script not working when I run npm install as dependency

[jfoclpf]

Current Behavior:

npm install script defined in package.json not running when I do npm install <packg> to install <packg> as dependency

Expected Behavior:

npm install command should run install script

Steps To Reproduce:

I created a npm package named cordova-import-npm with this script portion in package.json:

  "scripts": {
    "install": "echo \"HI THERE\""
  },

When I run npm install . inside the root of the package it works

$ npm i .

> cordova-import-npm@1.0.10 install
> echo "HI THERE"

HI THERE

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But when I install as dependency on another package, the script is not run

$ mkdir test/ && cd test/
$ npm init
$ npm install cordova-import-npm

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found 0 vulnerabilities

I'm using the latest version of npm 7.9.0

Environment:

• OS: Ubuntu 18.04
• Node: 14.6.1
• npm: 7.9.0

[wraithgar]

The install scripts for a package only run when you are doing an npm install in that package's root itself, or are installing it globally.

There is no script that runs when a package is being installed, but there is an ongoing discussion about what that would look like over in the RFC repo npm/rfcs#325

[Cactusbone]

I believe install scripts are run, however console output is not displayed by default since npm 7. You need to use npm i --foreground-scripts to get console output