NPM: After “npm link” module is not found

Question

I\'m developing two modules for NodeJS, first one named aligator and second one aligator-methods. Second one depends on first one to work. I\'m develop

Answer 1

What worked for me was to:

1. Delete the node_modules in both the dependency and the consumer module.
2. Run npm unlink --no-save [dependency-module]
3. re-link with the 2-link commands as per npm-link

Now I am able to fully test my unpublished module locally.

Additionally, there is an npm pack command which can help you test your unpublished modules, although not quite as robust.

npm-pack