NPM : how to source ./node_modules/.bin folder?

Question

I have a problem on npm installation

I have created a project say project A

cd ~/projectA
npm install sails

but sails command is not fo

Answer 1

You should use the npm bin command to get an absolute path to your current node bin directory.

For example:

➤ lessc
bash: lessc: command not found
➤ npm bin
/home/brice/[...]/node_modules/.bin
➤ export PATH=$(npm bin):$PATH
➤ lessc --version
lessc 1.7.3 (Less Compiler) [JavaScript]

This avoids the problem of relative paths, especially if you're going to be using this in a build system that will invoke the command in subdirectories.