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Expand Up @@ -98,10 +98,9 @@ may be necessary to install a specific version of package `bar`. The `bar`
package may itself have dependencies, and in some cases, these may even collide
or form cyclic dependencies.

Since Node.js looks up the `realpath` of any modules it loads (that is,
resolves symlinks), and then looks for their dependencies in the `node_modules`
folders as described [here](#modules_loading_from_node_modules_folders), this
situation is very simple to resolve with the following architecture:
Because Node.js looks up the `realpath` of any modules it loads (that is, it
resolves symlinks) and then [looks for their dependencies in `node_modules` folders](#modules_loading_from_node_modules_folders),
this situation can be resolved with the following architecture:

* `/usr/lib/node/foo/1.2.3/`: Contents of the `foo` package, version 1.2.3.
* `/usr/lib/node/bar/4.3.2/`: Contents of the `bar` package that `foo` depends
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