install-module-linked

Installs and symlinks a module into node_modules

Requires Node.js 18 or newer.

npm install install-module-linked

import path from 'path';
import installModule from 'install-module-linked';

const nodeModulesPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules');
const installedAt = await installModule('[email protected]', nodeModulesPath);

console.log(installedAt);

The install string can name an exact version, a semver range (is-number@^7.0.0) or a dist-tag (is-number@latest). A range or tag resolves to the version npm itself would install, and that exact version is cached in ~/.iml and linked into nodeModulesPath. If nodeModulesPath already contains the package, the existing link is returned whatever its version.

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