CODEWITHSUNDEEP
node.jsdockernpmyarnpkg
sakhunzai
sakhunzai

Reputation: 14500

global directory for npm and yarn

Since I have a docker image for node js and want to install global node_modules directory as well as local using volumes e. g a part of my docker-compose file looks as below.

...
node:
    image: node
    volumes:
      - ./webroot:/var/app
      - ./global_node_modules:/var/node_global
    environment:
      - NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=/var/node_global
      - YARN_CONFIG_PREFIX=/var/node_global
      - PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/var/node_global/bin
    working_dir: /var/app
    stdin_open: true
    tty: true

I have ./global_node_modules directory which is mapped to a volume on node container /var/node_global where I want to install global packages when I run npm --global or yarn global add. npm is respecting the env variable NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX but that is not true for yarn. e.g

After npm install vue-cli --global

ls -al /var/node_global/bin

vue -> ../lib/node_modules/vue-cli/bin/vue

vue-init -> ../lib/node_modules/vue-cli/bin/vue-init

vue-list -> ../lib/node_modules/vue-cli/bin/vue-list

After yarn global add vue-cli

ls -al /var/node_global/bin

vue -> ../../../usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/vue-cli/bin/vue

vue-init -> ../../../usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/vue-cli/bin/vue-init

vue-list -> ../../../usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/vue-cli/bin/vue-list

I was wondering what makes yarn install file in different directory. It seems to be linking the binaries but that is not sufficient.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1338

Answers (1)

sorin
sorin

Reputation: 170698

Do not use YARN_CONFIG_PREFIX, is no longer supported by current versions and will trigger a runtime error:

Usage Error: Unrecognized or legacy configuration settings found: configPrefix - run "yarn config -v" to see the list of settings supported in Yarn (in <environment>)

$ yarn run [--inspect] [--inspect-brk] [-T,--top-level] [-B,--binaries-only] [--require #0] <scriptName> ...

Upvotes: 0

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