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global-directory
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Get the directory of globally installed packages and binaries
Uses the same resolution logic as npm
and yarn
.
npm install global-dirs
import globalDirectory from 'global-directory';
console.log(globalDirectory.npm.prefix);
//=> '/usr/local'
console.log(globalDirectory.npm.packages);
//=> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
console.log(globalDirectory.npm.binaries);
//=> '/usr/local/bin'
console.log(globalDirectory.yarn.packages);
//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/.config/yarn/global/node_modules'
The directory with globally installed packages.
Equivalent to npm root --global
.
The directory with globally installed binaries.
Equivalent to npm bin --global
.
The directory with directories for packages and binaries. You probably want either of the above.
Equivalent to npm prefix --global
.
FAQs
Get the directory of globally installed packages and binaries
The npm package global-directory receives a total of 2,074,407 weekly downloads. As such, global-directory popularity was classified as popular.
We found that global-directory demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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