can options be added to npm package.json dependencies?

An alternative is to use the scripts member and setup the install script under the preinstall or postinstall hook:

"scripts": {  "preinstall": "npm install --build-from-source --sqlite=/path/to/sqlite sqlite3"},

node.js sqlite npm

You can set below two environment variables which will work as passing options with npm install:

export npm_config_build-from-source=trueexport npm_config_sqlite=/path/to/sqlite"dependencies": {    "sqlite3": "*" }

Above combination will install sqlite3 as npm install --build-from-source --sqlite=/path/to/sqlite sqlite3. Thanks.

CodeHunter