Personal website of Saša Jovanić https://www.simplify.ba/articles/tags/shell/ 2021-12-17T19:12:00+01:00 Saša Jovanić https://www.simplify.ba/articles/2016/02/14/node-modules-bin-in-path/ 2016-02-14T14:14:00+01:00 2016-02-18T14:59:19+01:00 Saša Jovanić <p>Just to remind myself in the future. Add this to <code>.bash_profile</code> or <code>.profile</code> in order to have per project installed node modules executable in $PATH:</p> <pre class="highlight shell"><code><span class="nb">export </span><span class="nv">PATH</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="nv">$PATH</span><span class="s2">:node_modules/.bin"</span> </code></pre> <p>Unfortunately, this works only in root project directory, not when I use <abbr title="GNU is Not Unix">GNU</abbr> Emacs. Solution is to use <code>.dir-locals.el</code> file in project directory with following code inside:</p> <pre class="highlight common_lisp"><code><span class="p">((</span><span class="no">nil</span> <span class="o">.</span> <span class="p">((</span><span class="nb">eval</span> <span class="o">.</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="k">progn</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">add-to-list</span> <span class="ss">'exec-path</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">concat</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">locate-dominating-file</span> <span class="nv">default-directory</span> <span class="s">".dir-locals.el"</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="s">"node_modules/.bin/"</span><span class="p">)))))))</span> </code></pre> <p>When you start <abbr title="GNU is Not Unix">GNU</abbr> Emacs somewhere in your project directory, he will ask do you want to apply local settings. You can answer with 'y' or '!' (to apply those permanently). That will add <code>$(your project)/node_modules/.bin</code> to your $PATH inside <abbr title="GNU is Not Unix">GNU</abbr> Emacs. No need to install any <abbr title="Node package manager">npm</abbr> modules globally any more.</p>