global-prefix

What is global-prefix?

The global-prefix npm package provides a way to determine the path of the global npm directory on a system. This can be useful for packages that need to know where global modules are installed, for example, to check if a certain global package is installed or to install a package globally programmatically.

What are global-prefix's main functionalities?

Get global npm prefix

This feature allows you to retrieve the path of the global npm directory. The code sample requires the global-prefix module and then logs the global npm prefix to the console.

const globalPrefix = require('global-prefix');
console.log(globalPrefix);

Other packages similar to global-prefix

global-modules

Similar to global-prefix, global-modules provides the location of the global npm modules directory. However, it focuses specifically on the modules directory rather than the npm prefix.

global-dirs

This package is similar to global-prefix but offers more detailed information, including paths to npm's directories for packages, binaries, and data. It provides a broader scope of information about global directories.

which-pm-runs

While not directly related to global paths, which-pm-runs can be used to detect which package manager is currently running a script, which can be useful in conjunction with global path information to perform package manager-specific operations.

README

global-prefix

Get the npm global path prefix.

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Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save global-prefix

This is partially based on the code used by npm internally to resolve the global prefix.

Usage

var prefix = require('global-prefix');
//=> '/usr/local' (this path will differ by system and user-defined config)

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Contributing

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Running Tests

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

$ npm install && npm test

Building docs

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Related projects

You might also be interested in these projects:

• global-modules: The directory used by npm for globally installed npm modules. | homepage
• global-paths: Returns an array of unique "global" directories based on the user's platform and environment. The… more | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/global-paths "Returns an array of unique "global" directories based on the user's platform and environment. The resulting paths can be used for doing lookups for generators or other globally installed npm packages. Node.js / JavaScript.")

Contributors

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License

Copyright © 2018, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.

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