title: npm install: when to use --no-bin-links?
body: <p>When and why should we use the option <code>--no-bin-links</code> when we install npm packages?</p>
  <p>The official docs say:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p><em>The <code>--no-bin-links</code> argument will prevent npm from creating symlinks for any binaries the package might contain.</em></p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>But it is still unclear to me for which scenarios we have to specify this.</p>
  <p>What will be the impact of the specifying of this option on the functionality of the package? Will the package when used error out?</p>