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Node.js Web Development - Fourth Edition
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Node.js Web Development - Fourth Edition

by David Herron
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
492 pages
12h 3m
English
Packt Publishing
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Configuring the PATH variable to handle commands installed by modules

Typing the full pathname is not a user-friendly requirement to execute the command. We want to use the commands installed by modules, and we want a simple process for doing so. Meaning, we must add an appropriate value in the PATH variable, but what is it?

For global package installations, the executable lands in a directory that is probably already in your PATH variable, like /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin. Local package installations are what require special handling. The full path for the node_modules/.bin directory varies for each project, and obviously it won't work to add the full path for every node_modules/.bin directory to your PATH.

Adding ./node_modules/.bin to the ...

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