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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2024 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Open Networking Foundation Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+##-------------------##
+##---]  GLOBALS  [---##
+##-------------------##
+
+nvm-dir-prefix    := $(PWD)/.tmp
+# move to onf-mk-tmp
+
+# [DIRS]
+npm-dir-root      := $(nvm-dir-prefix)/.nvm
+node-modules-root := $(nvm-dir-prefix)/node_modules
+
+export NVM_DIR := $(npm-dir-root)
+nvm-sh         := $(npm-dir-root)/nvm.sh
+
+# Do not quote path
+activate-npm   := source $(nvm-sh)
+
+export NODE_PATH := $(node-modules-root)
+
+
+# npm-install-cmd := npm install --no-package-lock --prefix "$(nvm-dir-prefix)"
+npm-install-cmd := npm install --prefix $(nvm-dir-prefix)
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]