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Node js windows cannot find module install#
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Node js windows cannot find module install#

It is useful, for example, then node app is converting local files, like less - if you install it globally you can use it in any directory.

Node js windows cannot find module full#

-g is not a way to install global libraries, it's only a way to place them on system path so you can call them from command line without writing the full path to them.

I'm pretty much new to node.js myself so I can be not entirely right but from my experience it's works this way: What's issue Cannot find module Just Type command in terminal or command prompt npm install package-name Thank's for watching Don't forget like or. When you want to use globally installed modules' binaries in your CLI you need to add it also to your PATH, but without node_modules part (for example %AppData%\npm in Windows 7/8/10). It's worth to mention that NODE_PATH is only used when importing modules in Node apps.

Setx NODE_PATH %AppData%\npm\node_modules

Quick solution in Windows 7+ is to just run: rem for future To be done with it once and for all, add this as a System variable in the Advanced tab of the System Properties dialog (run control.exe sysdm.cpl,System,3). Add an environment variable called NODE_PATH and set it to %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\npm\node_modules (Windows XP), %AppData%\npm\node_modules (Windows 7/8/10), or wherever npm ends up installing the modules on your Windows flavor.