npm link pain:
-Module name gulp-task
-Project name project-x
You want to link gulp-task:
1: Go to the gulp-task directory then do npm link
this will symlink the project to your global modules
2: Go to your project project-x then do npm install
make sure to remove the current node_modules directory
Now you want to remove this madness and use the real gulp-task, we have two options:
Option 1: Unlink via npm:
1: Go to your project and do npm unlink gulp-task
this will remove the linked installed module
2: Go to the gulp-task directory and do npm unlink
to remove symlink. Notice we didn't use the name of the module
3: celebrate
What if this didn't work, verify by locating your global installed module. My are location ls -la /usr/local/lib/node_modules/
if you are using nvm it will be a different path
Option 2: Remove the symlink like a normal linux guru
1: locate your global dependencies cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/
2: removing symlink is simply using the rm
command
rm gulp-task
make sure you don't have /
at the end
rm gulp-task/
is wrong 🔥🚨
rm gulp-task
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