     env = _.extend({}, process.env, HOME: @atomNodeDirectory)
     @updateWindowsEnv(env) if config.isWin32()
     @addNodeBinToEnv(env)
-    installOptions = {env}
+    installOptions = {env, streaming: true}
 
     installGlobally = options.installGlobally ? true
     if installGlobally

    options.alias('s', 'silent').boolean('silent').describe('silent', 'Set the npm log level to silent')
    options.alias('q', 'quiet').boolean('quiet').describe('quiet', 'Set the npm log level to warn')
    options.boolean('check').describe('check', 'Check that native build tools are installed')
    options.string('packages-file').describe('packages-file', 'A text file containing the packages to install')

  installNode: (callback) =>


    return @checkNativeBuildTools(callback) if options.argv.check

    process.env.NODE_DEBUG = 'request' if options.argv.verbose

    installPackage = (name, callback) =>
      if name is '.'
        @installDependencies(options, callback)
