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I already have node_modules installed, and I want to run npm link, is there a way to skil npm install phase when running npm link, something like:

npm link --skip-install

or

npm link --install=false

here at the npm link docs: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/link

Alexander Mills
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You aren’t doing anything wrong at all, it is actually npm link that is broken. An issue was first officially reported on May 30, 2017 and it has not yet been fixed nor has the issue been closed. It appears that once npm@7 is released, this issue will be fixed according to member comments about a rewrite. For now you may want to try out yarn link.

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