Installing a local module using npm?
you just provide one <folder> argument to npm install, argument should point toward the local folder instead of the package name:
npm install /path
From the npm-link documentation:
In the local module directory:
$ cd ./package-dir$ npm linkIn the directory of the project to use the module:
$ cd ./project-dir$ npm link package-nameOr in one go using relative paths:
$ cd ./project-dir$ npm link ../package-dirThis is equivalent to using two commands above under the hood.
Since asked and answered by the same person, I'll add a npm link as an alternative.
from docs:
This is handy for installing your own stuff, so that you can work on it and test it iteratively without having to continually rebuild.
cd ~/projects/node-bloggy # go into the dir of your main projectnpm link ../node-redis # link the dir of your dependency[Edit] As of NPM 2.0, you can declare local dependencies in package.json
"dependencies": { "bar": "file:../foo/bar" }