How to install a node.js package using npm

Question

I need help trying to install a node.js package from Github using the npm command prompt. It's an adaptive grid Jquery plugin called Masonjs: https://github.com/DrewDahlman/Mason .

It's my first time to use node.js, hence the difficulty understanding the setup instructions. I've CD'd to the project folder and run the 'install npm' and 'install bower' steps successfully, but I don't understand how to complete the remaining steps: running and building Gulp (is building necessary?).

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Answer 1

If you just want to use masonjs library in your project, you don't need to run gulp commands for running and building. Just cd into your project directory where you have initialized npm/bower and run npm install masonjs / bower install masonjs .

The next step would be to add the mason.js file in your index page. Now there would be different folder structure in which this mason.js file is present.

In case of npm module the path would be {your-project-directory}/node_modules/masonjs/lib

And in case of bower components the path would be {your-project-directory}/bower_components/MasonJS/dist

Now just use this library and it will work perfectly.