Where to install so all users can access?

[Michael Haston]

Wondering where I need to install NPM packages so that ALL users can get to them? Or maybe it’s just where to put my custom scripts?

My PATH setup in /home/xxxxxx/.profile:

I need to make use of PM2 in general and then express and aes-js in my script, call it encrypt.js

The script gets called via httpPostClob() and works for me when I place it in /home/xxxxxx/node_modules, but another user doesn’t seem to hit the script.

My PATH:

PATH=/QOpenSys/pkgs/lib/nodejs10/bin:/QOpenSys/pkgs:/QOpenSys/pkgs/bin:$PATH 
export PATH                                                                  

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Here are the global installs:

Directory  . . . . :   /QOpenSys/pkgs/lib/nodejs10/lib/node_modules

Opt   Object link            Type     Attribute    Text   
      express                DIR                          
      npm                    DIR                          
      pm2                    DIR                          

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My local installs which need to be accessible by all:

Directory  . . . . :   /home/xxxxxx/node_modules 

Opt   Object link            Type     Attribute    Text  
      aes-js                 DIR                          

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[Kevin Adler]

Here’s the docs for where Node finds various folders: https://docs.npmjs.com/files/folders

You’ll want to install globally using the -g option. Refer to the npm docs: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install