However, that simplicity comes at the price of flexibility. The Angular CLI hides all that webpack complexity. Now, as an Angular developer you don’t need to know anything about webpack. They did this by embedding webpack in the Angular CLI. The nice folks on the Angular team wanted to make it easier for people to start using Angular.If you find yourself in similar situation, here are a few tools that might help you. However I often find myself in situations where, for whatever technical, legal, or just plain stupid reason I cannot install it. The CLI creates a new workspace and a simple Welcome app, ready to run. To install the Angular CLI, open a terminal window and run the following command The Angular CLI installs the necessary Angular npm packages and other dependencies.