Why are my Yeoman generators installing in the wrong place?

Question

I have a problem with Yeoman generators. They install just fine if I run \"npm install [generator-name] -g\". However when I try to run \"yo [generator-name] yeoman can\'t s

Answer 1

Sounds like your npm may be out of whack. Check where things are installed: npm config get prefix Is that where you expected the packages to install? Is that where they are currently installed?

To list whats in there:

ls $(npm config get prefix)/lib/node_modules

That will list out the globally installed npm packages.

npm list -g

Will list the currently installed things. Make sure yo and the generators are listed at the top level.

To remove the yo stuff and start over:

npm remove -g yo generator-* yeoman-generator
npm install -g yo generator-angular

That should fix things.