On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Mark Hahn <m...@hahnca.com> wrote: > Don't I have to install coffee-script globally to be able to use the > `coffee` as a command anywhere? Same with node-dev, node-inspector, etc.
Right, they have to be installed somewhere in your $PATH. This doesn't have to be the "global" place, but it does work out of the box since it uses the same bin folder as node itself. non-global installs put the executables in ./node_modules/.bin/, "global" installs put it in $PREFIX/bin/ where $PREFIX is where you installed node to. (nvm uses a custom $PREFIX per node version and puts $PREFIX/bin in your path) > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Tim Caswell <t...@creationix.com> wrote: > >> Keep in mind that it's best to not install libraries globally. It safer >> to just declare your dependencies in your app's package.json and install >> them locally using `npm install`. This prevents a world of headache with >> version mismatches. I only use global installs for things like `lessc` >> `share` (from creationix) and other modules that install command-line >> scripts. It's probably best to put them somewhere that other modules won't >> find like /usr/local/share and just put /usr/local/share/node_modules/.bin >> in your PATH. (I recommend not using NODE_PATH) >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Mark Hahn <m...@hahnca.com> wrote: >> >>> It is not a big deal since I have only 2 or 3 global modules, but I got >>> tripped up when releasing to another server with different nvm location. >>> >>> I'll take your suggestion to use a common install dir and put it in the >>> path. I didn't know modules were searched by path. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:31 AM, C. Mundi <cmu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I used to do something like this... >>>> >>>> Install global modules to a version-agnostic >>>> /use/local/share/node_modules and always export NODE_PATH (or similar). >>>> >>>> But what I found is that I ended up chasing breaking changes when >>>> updating node anyway. So I have jumped on the wagon and now the only thing >>>> I install globally is express. And I am so anxious about adapting to >>>> express 3... >>>> On Mar 20, 2012 10:08 AM, "Mark Hahn" <m...@hahnca.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I love nvm and npm. However, whenever I switch to a new version of >>>>> node with nvm I have to reinstall all my global npm modules. Apparently >>>>> the global modules are stored in the node directory which is created anew. >>>>> >>>>> Is my setup normal? 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