How to do an npm install into a different folder using an ubuntu agent

Asked Jan 15 '19 at 21:23

Active Jan 17 '19 at 18:53

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I am using Azure to run my builds and I need to do a production NPM install. I want to install my node modules in a different folder than that which my package.json is in.

this is my command

mkdir ./tmp
npm install --production --prefix ./tmp

If it means anything, I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 and the error I get is this

no such file or directory, open '/home/vsts/work/1/s/tmp/package.json'

Help?

edited Jan 17 '19 at 18:53

asked Jan 15 '19 at 21:23

Christopher Mellor

Check this issue which is asking the same thing https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14469515/how-to-npm-install-to-a-specified-directory – micahmckittrick Jan 15 '19 at 21:28
this looks like what I'm already doing, yeah? – Christopher Mellor Jan 15 '19 at 22:03
You are running npm install and not just install correct? – micahmckittrick Jan 16 '19 at 21:28
Micah, thanks for asking. Yes. I am running npm install. I can see why that would be confusing given the code though. I will edit it. – Christopher Mellor Jan 17 '19 at 18:53
I spun up a new VM and am seeing the same error. I found this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14742553/how-to-set-custom-location-for-local-installation-of-npm-package and I tried npm install production -g --prefix ./tmp and it seemed to work. Give that a try? – micahmckittrick Jan 17 '19 at 22:57

How to do an npm install into a different folder using an ubuntu agent

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