For a case like this you could try using this tool https://github.com/stagas/npm-server so that it installs your local modules as real ones during development.
2013/8/19 Andrew Petersen <[email protected]> > Is there a way to force `npm link` to not require also calling `npm link > <package>` within a dependency of a package? > > If I have a few local-only modules with dependencies, such as: > > mod1, v1.34.2 > > mod2, v0.2.3 > mod1: "1.x" > > mod3, v0.3.4 > mod1: "1.x" > mod2: "0.2.x" > > appmod v1.4.2 > mod1: "1.x" > mod2: "0.2.x" > mod3: "0.3.x" > > Even if I go into each root module and call `npm link <dependency>` (for > each dependency, of course), `npm install` within appmod will fail, I > believe, I due to the nested dependency of mod1 within mod2 and mod3. In > addition, because I've specified "1.x" as the dependency version, none of > the modules that depend on mod1 "1.x" will resolve to an `npm link`ed > version of mod1. It's only when I specify the exact linked version in all > of their manifests, 1.34.2, that modules resolve. > > Is there an easier way to get what I want without using relative paths? > While I've changed the names here, this is a real scenario due to legacy > code, and is not contrived. It seems silly that I would have to go and `npm > link` into each module's node_modules folder recursively. > > I've also tried specifying the dependencies as peerDependencies, but that > seems to have the same effect: node cannot resolve the nested dependencies. > > Any ideas? Would more code help people understand what I'm trying to do? > > -- > -- > 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 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
