You can add build dependencies to your "dependencies" section of the package.json file. If that package exposes a "grunt" executable then it will be available to your npm scripts like "preinstall" or "install", so you can execute it as if it were installed globally.
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Jason Strimpel <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there anyway to instruct a local package.json to install the dependencies > in the global node_modules dir? I am investigating using node (grunt) as > part of our build process for the front end, which developers will use for > local builds. I need to make it easy for developers to pull down the > package.json from our private repo and install the node build dependencies > globally so that the build can run on any machine without requiring a > developer to understand npm or node. > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
