NPM install package without nested node_modules

Question

I am running into the Windows Path character limit.

When I run an install of 'gulp' for example, via

npm install --save-dev gulp

in a folder such as "C:\\Users\\MyUsername\\Visual Studio 2015\\Projects\\MyProject", I find that all the dependencies are deeply nested, such as:

C:\\Users\\MyUsername\\Visual Studio 2015\\Projects\\MyProject\\node_modules\\gulp\\node_modules\\gulp-util\\node_modules\\dateformat\\node_modules\\meow\\node_modules\\loud-rejection\\node_modules\\signal-exit

Is there a way to avoid this? How do other Windows developers get past this?

Answer 1

Are you using a NPM version 3.x. According to this Node npm windows file paths are too long to install packages most problems with nesting is solved in version 3.x