Question

I’ve noticed that packages are installing themselves into two different places and I wondered which one is correct, or maybe it doesn’t matter. The two locations are;

C:\nodejs\lib\node_modules
C:\nodejs\node_modules

Now I can hear the sighs as you realise I’m running node on windows but it works fine. Kind of:)

Anyway, when I run npm ls it only lists packages in C:\nodejs\node_modules which makes me think that’s the correct location. But then noticed that the npm itself is in C:\nodejs\lib\node_modules which makes me think that’s the correct location. Is there a correct location? They all seem to work fine. I’ve moved modules from C:\nodejs\node_modules to C:\nodejs\lib\node_modules and they still work OK.

Your answers will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Packages go here

Drive:\path\to\your\code\node_modules

I happen to Store my code in H:\dos\pd so my node_modules goes in H:\dos\pd\node_modules

That’s just my pd modules of course. If I’m working on some other code it goes in Drive:\some\sensible\location\node_modules