resolve-global

Resolve the path of a globally installed module

Usage no npm install needed!

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  import resolveGlobal from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/resolve-global';
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README

resolve-global

Resolve the path of a globally installed module

Install

$ npm install resolve-global

Usage

$ npm install --global cat-names

const resolveGlobal = require('resolve-global');

console.log(resolveGlobal('cat-names'));
//=> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cat-names'

API

resolveGlobal(moduleId)

Throws if the module can't be found.

resolveGlobal.silent(moduleId)

Returns undefined instead of throwing if the module can't be found.

moduleId

Type: string

What you would use in require().

Related

import-global - Import a globally installed module
resolve-from - Resolve the path of a module from a given path
import-from - Import a module from a given path
is-installed-globally - Check if your package was installed globally
global-dirs - Get the directory of globally installed packages and binaries

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus