link (CLI)

npm-link

Symlink a package folder.

Synopsis

npm link (in package dir)
npm link [<@scope>/]<pkg>[@<version>]

alias: npm ln

Description

Package linking is a two-step process.

First, npm link in a package folder will create a symlink in the global folder {prefix}/lib/node_modules/<package> that links to the package where the npm link command was executed. (see npm-config for the value of prefix). It will also link any bins in the package to {prefix}/bin/{name}.

Next, in some other location, npm link package-name will create a symbolic link from globally-installed package-name to node_modules/ of the current folder.

Note that package-name is taken from packag