Make development install compatible with npm #557

Job	Run time
ubuntu-20.04-x64--	5m 39s
windows-2019-x64--	9m 55s
windows-2019-ia32--	8m 5s
macos-13-x64--	9m 9s
macos-14-arm64--	6m 13s
ubuntu-24.04-x64-docker/alpine.dockerfile-	3m 3s
ubuntu-24.04-arm64--bookworm	7m 50s
ubuntu-24.04-arm64--alpine_latest	7m 10s
Package	33s
SmokeTest (ubuntu-24.04, 10)	24s
SmokeTest (ubuntu-24.04, 22)	23s
SmokeTest (windows-2022, 10)	1m 18s
SmokeTest (windows-2022, 22)	52s
SmokeTest (macos-13, 10)	56s
SmokeTest (macos-13, 22)	1m 2s
SmokeTest (macos-14, 22)	23s
	1h 2m 55s

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