diff --git a/aio/package.json b/aio/package.json
index 4ce60c6971..70de62be67 100644
--- a/aio/package.json
+++ b/aio/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "docs-test": "node tools/transforms/test.js",
     "redirects-test": "node tests/deployment/unit/test",
     "firebase-utils-test": "node tools/firebase-test-utils/test",
-    "tools-lint": "tslint --config \"tools/tslint.json\" --project \"tools/firebase-test-utils\"",
+    "tools-lint": "tslint --config \"tools/tslint.json\" --project \"tools/firebase-test-utils\" && eslint tools/ng-packages-installer",
     "tools-test": "yarn docs-test && yarn boilerplate:test && jasmine tools/ng-packages-installer/index.spec.js && jasmine scripts/deploy-to-firebase.spec.js && yarn firebase-utils-test",
     "preserve-and-sync": "yarn docs",
     "serve-and-sync": "run-p \"docs-watch --watch-only\" \"start {@}\" --",
diff --git a/aio/tools/ng-packages-installer/.eslintrc.js b/aio/tools/ng-packages-installer/.eslintrc.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7de9e6e5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aio/tools/ng-packages-installer/.eslintrc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+module.exports = {
+  extends: [
+    'eslint:recommended',
+    'plugin:jasmine/recommended',
+  ],
+  env: {
+    es2020: true,
+    jasmine: true,
+    node: true,
+  },
+  plugins: [
+    'jasmine',
+  ],
+  rules: {
+    'indent': ['error', 2],
+    'linebreak-style': ['error', 'unix'],
+    'max-len': ['error', 120],
+    'quotes': ['error', 'single'],
+    'semi': ['error', 'always'],
+    'jasmine/new-line-before-expect': ['off'],
+  },
+};
diff --git a/aio/tools/ng-packages-installer/index.js b/aio/tools/ng-packages-installer/index.js
index 33551acfcf..63814a4dcb 100644
--- a/aio/tools/ng-packages-installer/index.js
+++ b/aio/tools/ng-packages-installer/index.js
@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ class NgPackagesInstaller {
         this._log(`Overriding dependency with peerDependency: ${key}: ${peerDepRange}`);
         dependencies[key] = peerDepRange;
       } else {
-        this._log(`${devDependencies[key] ? 'Overriding' : 'Assigning'} devDependency with peerDependency: ${key}: ${peerDepRange}`);
+        this._log(
+          `${devDependencies[key] ? 'Overriding' : 'Assigning'} devDependency with peerDependency: ` +
+          `${key}: ${peerDepRange}`);
         devDependencies[key] = peerDepRange;
       }
     });
@@ -183,10 +185,11 @@ class NgPackagesInstaller {
       shelljs.exec(DIST_PACKAGES_BUILD_CMD);
     } else {
       this._warn([
-        'Automatically building the local Angular/Zone.js packages is currently not supported on Windows.',
-        `Please, ensure '${ANGULAR_DIST_PACKAGES_DIR}', ${ZONEJS_DIST_PACKAGES_DIR} and '${ANGULAR_MISC_DIST_PACKAGES}' exist and are up-to-date ` +
-          `(e.g. by running '${DIST_PACKAGES_BUILD_SCRIPT}' in Git Bash for Windows, Windows Subsystem for Linux or ` +
-          'a Linux docker container or VM).',
+        'Automatically building the local Angular/angular-in-memory-web-api/zone.js packages is currently not ' +
+          'supported on Windows.',
+        `Please, ensure '${ANGULAR_DIST_PACKAGES_DIR}', '${ZONEJS_DIST_PACKAGES_DIR}' and ` +
+          `'${ANGULAR_MISC_DIST_PACKAGES}' exist and are up-to-date (e.g. by running '${DIST_PACKAGES_BUILD_SCRIPT}' ` +
+          'in Git Bash for Windows, Windows Subsystem for Linux or a Linux docker container or VM).',
         '',
         'Proceeding anyway...',
       ].join('\n'));
@@ -265,7 +268,7 @@ class NgPackagesInstaller {
       ...collectPackages(ANGULAR_MISC_DIST_PACKAGES),
     };
 
-    this._log('Found the following Angular distributables:', Object.keys(packageConfigs).map(key => `\n - ${key}`));
+    this._log('Found the following Angular distributables:', ...Object.keys(packageConfigs).map(key => `\n - ${key}`));
     return packageConfigs;
   }
 
@@ -277,7 +280,7 @@ class NgPackagesInstaller {
 
   /**
    * Log a message if the `debug` property is set to true.
-   * @param {...string[]} messages - The messages to be logged.
+   * @param {string[]} messages - The messages to be logged.
    */
   _log(...messages) {
     if (this.debug) {
@@ -339,7 +342,8 @@ class NgPackagesInstaller {
     const parsed = lockfile.parse(lockfileContent);
 
     if (parsed.type !== 'success') {
-      throw new Error(`[${NgPackagesInstaller.name}]: Error parsing lockfile '${lockfilePath}' (result type: ${parsed.type}).`);
+      throw new Error(
+        `[${NgPackagesInstaller.name}]: Error parsing lockfile '${lockfilePath}' (result type: ${parsed.type}).`);
     }
 
     return parsed.object;
@@ -362,7 +366,7 @@ class NgPackagesInstaller {
 
   /**
    * Log a warning message do draw user's attention.
-   * @param {...string[]} messages - The messages to be logged.
+   * @param {string[]} messages - The messages to be logged.
    */
   _warn(...messages) {
     const lines = messages.join(' ').split('\n');
@@ -400,6 +404,7 @@ function main() {
     return new NgPackagesInstaller(projectDir, options);
   };
 
+  /* eslint-disable max-len */
   yargs
     .usage('$0 <cmd> [args]')
 
@@ -421,6 +426,7 @@ function main() {
     .strict()
     .wrap(yargs.terminalWidth())
     .argv;
+  /* eslint-enable max-len */
 }
 
 module.exports = NgPackagesInstaller;
diff --git a/aio/tools/ng-packages-installer/index.spec.js b/aio/tools/ng-packages-installer/index.spec.js
index d54153f177..549d595e19 100644
--- a/aio/tools/ng-packages-installer/index.spec.js
+++ b/aio/tools/ng-packages-installer/index.spec.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe('NgPackagesInstaller', () => {
       fs.existsSync.and.returnValue(true);
       installer.checkDependencies();
       expect(fs.existsSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(path.resolve(projectDir, 'node_modules/_local_.json'));
-      expect(installer._printWarning).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(installer._printWarning).toHaveBeenCalledWith();
     });
   });
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ describe('NgPackagesInstaller', () => {
 
       it('should not continue processing', () => {
         installer.installLocalDependencies();
-        expect(installer._checkLocalMarker).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(installer._checkLocalMarker).toHaveBeenCalledWith();
         expect(installer._getDistPackages).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       });
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ describe('NgPackagesInstaller', () => {
         installer.force = true;
         installer.installLocalDependencies();
         expect(installer._checkLocalMarker).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-        expect(installer._getDistPackages).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(installer._getDistPackages).toHaveBeenCalledWith();
       });
     });
 
@@ -180,16 +180,17 @@ describe('NgPackagesInstaller', () => {
 
       beforeEach(() => {
         log = [];
-        fs.writeFileSync.and.callFake((filePath, contents) => filePath === packageJsonPath && log.push(`writeFile: ${contents}`));
+        fs.writeFileSync.and.callFake((filePath, contents) =>
+          filePath === packageJsonPath && log.push(`writeFile: ${contents}`));
         installer._installDeps.and.callFake((...args) => log.push(`installDeps: ${args.join(' ')}`));
         installer._checkLocalMarker.and.returnValue(false);
         installer.installLocalDependencies();
       });
 
       it('should parse the lockfile and get the dist packages', () => {
-        expect(installer._checkLocalMarker).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(installer._checkLocalMarker).toHaveBeenCalledWith();
         expect(installer._parseLockfile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(yarnLockPath);
-        expect(installer._getDistPackages).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(installer._getDistPackages).toHaveBeenCalledWith();
       });
 
       it('should temporarily overwrite the package.json files of local Angular packages', () => {
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ describe('NgPackagesInstaller', () => {
       it('should overwrite package.json, then install deps, then restore original package.json', () => {
         expect(log).toEqual([
           `writeFile: ${expectedModifiedPackageJson}`,
-          `installDeps: --pure-lockfile --check-files`,
+          'installDeps: --pure-lockfile --check-files',
           `writeFile: ${dummyPackageJson}`
         ]);
       });
@@ -316,7 +317,8 @@ describe('NgPackagesInstaller', () => {
 
       expect(shelljs.exec).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
       expect(warning).toContain(
-          'Automatically building the local Angular/Zone.js packages is currently not supported on Windows.');
+        'Automatically building the local Angular/angular-in-memory-web-api/zone.js packages is currently not ' +
+        'supported on Windows.');
       expect(warning).toContain('Git Bash for Windows');
       expect(warning).toContain('Windows Subsystem for Linux');
       expect(warning).toContain('Linux docker container or VM');
@@ -340,7 +342,8 @@ describe('NgPackagesInstaller', () => {
       expect(installer._buildDistPackages).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     });
 
-    it('should not build the local packages by default', () => {
+    it('should not build the local packages, if `buildPackages` is false', () => {
+      installer = new NgPackagesInstaller(projectDir, {buildPackages: false});
       installer._getDistPackages();
       expect(installer._buildDistPackages).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
@@ -506,7 +509,7 @@ describe('NgPackagesInstaller', () => {
     it('should throw if parsing the lockfile fails', () => {
       lockfile.parse.and.returnValue({type: 'not success'});
       expect(() => installer._parseLockfile('/foo/bar/yarn.lock')).toThrowError(
-          '[NgPackagesInstaller]: Error parsing lockfile \'/foo/bar/yarn.lock\' (result type: not success).');
+        '[NgPackagesInstaller]: Error parsing lockfile \'/foo/bar/yarn.lock\' (result type: not success).');
     });
 
     it('should return the parsed lockfile content as an object', () => {