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Reputation: 10043

Installing a local package on Meteor

I'm trying to run a local package on Meteor.

I've got a correct package.js, have a smart.json, and it's inside my /packages directory in my Meteor project. The smart.json at my project looks like this:

{ 
    "packages": {
        "router": {},
        "userErrors": {
            "path": "/home/user/Documents/project/packages/userErrors" 
        }
    }
}

And I am using api.add_files and all correctly. The code runs fine when I take it out of the packages folder. Is there something I'm missing in order to make this package run? I'm running Meteor with the mrt command.

Upvotes: 26

Views: 16007

Answers (6)

Alberto Perez
Alberto Perez

Reputation: 2922

You have to follow these two steps:

  1. meteor create <package-name> (This will create the package inside of your packages folder).
  2. meteor add <package-name> (This will add the reference of your new package to your /.meteor/packages folder).

And then you can start working on your new meteor package.

Upvotes: 2

Shrihari Balasubramani
Shrihari Balasubramani

Reputation: 907

Just like Xiv suggested,
Copy the package into packages folder (create "packages" folder inside main directory of your application).
Do 

meteor add <package name>

( remember: package name is not the folder name it is specified in package.js inside the package)

Upvotes: 1

Roman S
Roman S

Reputation: 212

Machine: OSX 10.10.4, Meteor 1.1.0.3, Bash 3.2.57(1)-release

1.Create local meteor packages dir and example package.

mkdir ~/.meteor_local_packages && cd $_ && meteor create --package user:package-name

2. Check version set to 0.0.1 at least

cat ~/.meteor_local_packages/package-name/package.js | grep version:

3.Point to meteor local packages

echo 'export PACKAGE_DIRS=~/.meteor_local_packages' >> ~/.bash_profile && source ~/.bash_profile

4.Go to your meteor project dir

meteor add user:package-name

5.Show list

meteor list | grep user:package-name

Upvotes: 2

Greg Beaver
Greg Beaver

Reputation: 1082

The accepted answer is not as good as this one: https://dweldon.silvrback.com/local-packages

Upvotes: 10

udondan
udondan

Reputation: 59989

Meteor from 0.9 does not have a "packages" directory by default, but will still use it for local packages. Create it if it doesn't exist.

cd <your-app>
mkdir packages

Your locally developed package needs to be inside this folder. Of course you can simply create a symbolic link. You can do this yourself with ln -s or use the feature of mrt:

mrt link-package /path/to/<your-package>

Please note, if you provide a relative path, this must be relative to the packages directory, not relative to your current location. So you might want to cd into the packages directory first to avoid confusion.

Finally add the package:

meteor add <your-package>

IMPORTANT: <your-package> needs to be the name of the description inside your package.js. The name of the folder/symlink is not relevant for this procedure.

Package.describe({
  name: "<your-package>"
});

If your local package has the same name as a package registered online, your local version will be used.

Upvotes: 31

Ronald Pauffert
Ronald Pauffert

Reputation: 4376

try to put your files in the 'packages' directory of your app and execute : meteor add [package-name]

Upvotes: 39

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