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component-installer
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Component install tool. This is the library that component(1) uses to install components.
$ npm install component-installer
var Installer = require('component-installer');
var installer = new Installer(__dirname);
installer.on('package', function (pkg) {
console.log('installing', pkg.name, pkg.version);
});
installer.install(function (err) {
console.log('installed');
});
Creates a new Installer for the given component dir.
Install the component's dependencies and callback(err).
Install a dependency by name and version.
Use the given plugin.
Install development dependencies.
Set the number of packages to install concurrently.
Force installation even if the component already exists.
Set the install destination dir.
Add a remote to the installer by url.
Set the installer's proxy url.
FAQs
Component install tool
The npm package component-installer receives a total of 28 weekly downloads. As such, component-installer popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that component-installer demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 13 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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