47 lines
1.2 KiB
Markdown
47 lines
1.2 KiB
Markdown
|
# resolve-global
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
> Resolve the path of a globally installed module
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
## Install
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
```sh
|
||
|
|
npm install resolve-global
|
||
|
|
```
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
## Usage
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
```sh
|
||
|
|
npm install --global cat-names
|
||
|
|
```
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
```js
|
||
|
|
import {resolveGlobal} from 'resolve-global';
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
console.log(resolveGlobal('cat-names'));
|
||
|
|
//=> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cat-names'
|
||
|
|
```
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
## API
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
### resolveGlobal(moduleName)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Throws if the module cannot be found.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
### resolveGlobalSilent(moduleName)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Returns `undefined` instead of throwing if the module cannot be found.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
#### moduleName
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Type: `string`
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
What you would use in [`import()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/import).
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
## Related
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- [import-global](https://github.com/sindresorhus/import-global) - Import a globally installed module
|
||
|
|
- [resolve-from](https://github.com/sindresorhus/resolve-from) - Resolve the path of a module from a given path
|
||
|
|
- [import-from](https://github.com/sindresorhus/import-from) - Import a module from a given path
|
||
|
|
- [is-installed-globally](https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-installed-globally) - Check if your package was installed globally
|
||
|
|
- [global-directory](https://github.com/sindresorhus/global-directory) - Get the directory of globally installed packages and binaries
|