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anjanesh
Asked: 2021-03-04 22:26:57 +0800 CST

Where is node_modules global location

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Where is node_modules installed globally on Ubuntu 20.04 ?
It's not there in /usr/local/lib I want to get rid of globally installed webpack. I can't seem to locate it.

nodejs

2 Answers

  1. The two other common locations for modules that I've seen are:

    /opt/local/lib/node_modules
/usr/local/include/node_modules

    Hopefully one of those two contain the web pack you're looking to remove. If not, search the file system:

    sudo find / -iname "node_modules" -type d

    This will list all directories named node_modules. Using -iname makes the search case-insensitive.

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  2. In a Dockerfile I install like this

    RUN apt-get update -y
    && apt-get upgrade -y
    && apt-get install -y
    && curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash -
    && apt-get install -y nodejs

    ... it places them in

    /usr/lib/node_modules

    /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules

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