any-node

Summary

A parametric package that installs any npm module and exposes its binaries as sbin shims, keeping the install isolated under zinit’s data directory.

Syntax / Usage

zi pack param'MOD -> <module-name>' for any-node

Up to seven modules can be passed via MOD, MOD2, … MOD7, plus OTHER for additional modules without a shim.

Details

Provides: sbin shims for all executables under node_modules/.bin/, via n:node_modules/.bin/* glob.
Profile ices: git, as"null", nocompile, lucid, id-as"${${:-%IDAS%}:-%MOD%}", node"%MOD%;%MOD2%;...;%OTHER%", sbin"n:node_modules/.bin/*", atpull"%atclone".
The node ice (from the bin-gem-node annex) runs npm install into an isolated directory; no global node_modules is touched.
Default param-default is MOD -> lolcatjs, so without a param ice lolcatjs is installed.
Requires the bin-gem-node annex and npm in PATH.

Examples

# Install prettier
zi pack param'MOD -> prettier' for any-node

# Install eslint and typescript together
zi pack param'MOD -> eslint  MOD2 -> typescript' for any-node

Caveats / Common Mistakes

Requires the bin-gem-node annex and npm (Node.js) to be available.
Use IDAS to set a custom id-as when installing multiple different packages to avoid ID collisions.