diff --git a/packages/generate-node-info-during-install/file.js b/packages/generate-node-info-during-install/file.js
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+const BASE_NAME = 'node-info.json'
+const FULL_PATH = require('path').join(__dirname, BASE_NAME)
+module.exports = { BASE_NAME, FULL_PATH }
diff --git a/packages/generate-node-info-during-install/generate-node-info.js b/packages/generate-node-info-during-install/generate-node-info.js
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+const fs = require('fs')
+const file = require('./file')
+const nodeInfo = {
+  execPath: process.execPath,
+  versions: process.versions,
+}
+const json = JSON.stringify(nodeInfo, undefined, 2) + '\n'
+console.log(json)
+fs.writeFileSync(file.FULL_PATH, json)
diff --git a/packages/generate-node-info-during-install/package.json b/packages/generate-node-info-during-install/package.json
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+++ b/packages/generate-node-info-during-install/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@pnpm.e2e/generate-node-info-during-install",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Write a file that contains specs of the Node.js runtime that was used to install this package",
+  "scripts": {
+    "install": "node generate-node-info.js"
+  },
+  "index": "read-generated-node-info.js",
+  "bin": {
+    "print-generated-node-info": "print-generated-node-info.js"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/generate-node-info-during-install/print-generated-node-info.js b/packages/generate-node-info-during-install/print-generated-node-info.js
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+++ b/packages/generate-node-info-during-install/print-generated-node-info.js
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+#! /usr/bin/env node
+const fs = require('fs')
+const file = require('./file')
+const json = fs.readFileSync(file.FULL_PATH, 'utf-8')
+console.log(json)
diff --git a/packages/generate-node-info-during-install/read-generated-node-info.js b/packages/generate-node-info-during-install/read-generated-node-info.js
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+++ b/packages/generate-node-info-during-install/read-generated-node-info.js
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+const fs = require('fs')
+const file = require('./file')
+const json = fs.readFileSync(file.FULL_PATH, 'utf-8')
+module.exports = JSON.parse(json)