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The command pnpm install is used to install dependencies for a project using the pnpm package manager.

pnpm is a fast and disk space-efficient package manager for JavaScript. It works similarly to popular package managers like npm and yarn, but has some additional features that make it unique.

When you run pnpm install, it looks for a package.json file in the current directory which lists all the dependencies required for the project. It then fetches the specified packages from the npm registry or a local registry and installs them in a shared folder called node_modules in the project directory.

The installed dependencies are stored globally, rather than being duplicated in every project, which saves disk space. Symbolic links are used to reference the dependencies inside each project, so they can be accessed as if they were locally installed.

By default, pnpm install installs the exact versions of the specified packages defined in the package.json. If you want to update the packages to their latest versions, you can use the pnpm update command. Additionally, pnpm install automatically generates and updates a pnpm-lock.yaml file, similar to package-lock.json or yarn.lock, to ensure consistent installations across different environments.

Overall, pnpm install is used to fetch and install project dependencies efficiently using the pnpm package manager.