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npm link is a command on npm CLI which symlink's a package folder

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Can't npm link multiple packages

I'm getting a weird error while linking local packages: I have 2 packages (let's call them A and B). When I link either one of those to my project using npm link A it works as intended. But then I try to link the other one as well using npm link B…
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Create React App with TypeScript and NPM Link: Enums causing Module parse failed

I have a basic create-react-app TypeScript project (client). Just directory up, I have a server and a shared folder. Inside the shared folder I have a number of interfaces and enums that I share between the server and the client. I wish to link this…
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using dist folder instead of root for npm package

I created a Node.js package and the files to be referenced by the user of this package reside in a dist folder inside the package. Now I don't want to use require('my-package/dist/feature') but require('my-package/feature'). I set main and files to…
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Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'useEffect')

Edit So, what turned out to be the problem? I had two instances of React and ReactDOM contributing to the served bundle of applicationB. I was misled in diagnosing the problem-space and therefore the question(s)/appeal raised below is a little…
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VSCode debugger: set a breakpoint in a Typescript package symlinked with `npm link`

I'm trying to debug a NodeJS app and its related typescript packages linked with npm link. Structure looks like this: /root/package-a # typescript package /root/package-b # another typescript package /root/app # NodeJS application I have linked the…
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Angular 10.x library development with npm link doesn't show html/css changes in browser on hot reload

I've created an Angular lib (mylib) using the cli and have created a symlink using npm link from the dist directory. I've created an Angular app using the cli and have linked the lib using npm link mylib. I am able to consume mylib from the app and…
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How to fix "Module not found" error in Angular library with npm link?

I'm trying to build an Angular wrapper for a Javascript library but I'm getting a "Module not found" error. The Javascript library is in development and not yet published to NPM, so I'm using npm-link which might be causing the problem, but I'm not…
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npm install after npm link-ing local module causes error: Not found

package.json of module-A has module-B listed as dependency "dependencies": { "@mynamespace/module-b": "^0.0.1", module B is a local module and is linked successfully from module A with npm link. Compiling / running things all goes good and…
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How to 'npm link' Angular library with a shared library?

For my Angular 4.x application (App) I wrote a library (e.g 'Lib') which is currently not AoT compatible. Both App and Lib depend on a 3rd party library (e.g. 'X'). When I use “npm link” to develop Lib in App, some things stop working since X is…
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Multiple npm link in one project

i'm struggling to use npm link. in fact i have two local packages that i would like to use in my project. on each of the packages I performed the sudo npm link command. when I do an npm -g list I can therefore see these packages and their…
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Are `yarn link` and `npm link` interoperable?

I know there are subtle differences between yarn and npm. Now I have a library managed with yarn and an app managed with npm. Should it work without issues, if I create a linked pkg in my lib directory via yarn and apply it via npm in my other…
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Link react versions between linked library and workspace application

I'm developing a React library for my common used components. In my root folder where there is: my rollup config and my src/ folder containing my library. When it's build, the bundle files (ES, CJS and UMD) are in the dist/ folder. my workspace: a…
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Typescript can not find locally linked module?

I'm trying to test some typescript definitions that I made for a node project that doesn't have any. They work already when I include them in my project that consumes the target node project, or when I make my own folder in node_modules/@types/ and…
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Unexpected behaviour with `npm install` of a local project

Scenario I am using npm 5.8.0 I am having a ProjectA and a ProjectB ProjectB is a dependency of ProjectA Both project are being bundled and run via Webpack (I can provide my configuration if necessary). For development purposes I am referencing…
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Get __dirname to point to folder path rather than real path of sym-linked folder

How to get __dirname to point to the preserved path of the folder rather than the real path of the symlinked file when using npm link. Scenario Folder Setup project | ---- moduleA | | | ---- moduleA.js | ---- app | …
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