electron-npm-install

An API (and command-line tool) to execute npm install inside of Electron projects, configured properly to build native dependencies with the right versions of V8 and Node to work in Electron.

Installation

npm install --save electron-npm-install

Usage

var install = require('electron-npm-install');
    
install("node_modules/my-native-dep", function(err) {
  if (err) {
    console.log('Installation failed.');
  } else {
    console.log('Installation succeeded!'); 
  }       
});

API

install(pkg, done)

Run npm install where:

• pkg is the path to the package to install, or null for current directory (default: null)
• opts is an options object (default: {})
  • opts.electron is the Electron version (default: local electron's package.json "version")
  • opts.arch is the target architecture (default: process.arch)
  • opts.disturl is the URL for downloading Electron headers (default: "https://atom.io/download/electron")
  • opts.cache is the path for the cache directory (default: "~/.electron-npm")
• done is a function called when the command has finished (default: do nothing)