--- ./deps/npm/lib/commands/install.js.orig	2023-01-06 02:53:25.000000000 +0530
+++ ./deps/npm/lib/commands/install.js	2023-01-17 18:45:53.985551449 +0530
@@ -119,6 +119,18 @@
           throw e
         }
       }
+      try {
+        if (forced) {
+          log.warn(
+            'install',
+            `Force installing npm version unpatched version of ${npmManifest.version}. This is very likely to break installation of global packages using npm. See https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/13293`
+          )
+        } else {
+          throw new Error("Can't install npm globally as it will very likely break installation of global packages using npm. See https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/13293")
+        }
+      } catch(e) {
+        throw e
+      }
     }
 
     // don't try to install the prefix into itself