Find linked NPM package

Question

I have a bizarre issue.

I have written a package for Node for local use, and used NPM link to make it available for command line use globally.

Now I need to change the package, I can not find it on my drive but the package is still linked through NPM and usable.

Can NPM give me the path for linked modules?

Answer 1

As NPM uses symlinks, you can always see them with ls -l command in the console.

See details in the npm-link docs .

Answer 2

As someone mentioned above, The location of the Node.js files depends on the method you used to install it. I had the same issue and fixed it by locating the node_modules folder on my system and directly deleting the links.

If you downloaded and run, the installer package from the nodejs.org website, the Node.js main executables files -- node and npm -- are located on the /usr/local/bin folder.

Note that I am on MacOS, not sure about Windows though.

Here's a link for more information and reference: https://davescripts.com/location-of-nodejs-files-on-mac-os-x#:~:text=If%20you%20downloaded%20and%20run,usr%2Flocal%2Fbin%20folder .