nformation">More Information</h2>
<p>When installing locally, npm first tries to find an appropriate
<code>prefix</code> folder.  This is so that <code>npm install foo@1.2.3</code> will install
to the sensible root of your package, even if you happen to have <code>cd</code>ed
into some other folder.</p>
<p>Starting at the $PWD, npm will walk up the folder tree checking for a
folder that contains either a <code>package.json</code> file, or a <code>node_modules</code>
folder.  If such a thing is found, then t