Thx a lot.  Should I save this message or is it documented somewhere i can
save a link to?

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Tim Caswell <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> 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)
>
>
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>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Tim Caswell <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> 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?  Is there a way around this problem?
>>>>>>
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