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copied!<p>I think <code>npm install|update</code> works when requiring dependencies in source files, but when I want to run an executable, like <code>nodemon</code>, it doesn't appear to work. Is it trying to look for the file globally? How can I make these commands look in <code>node_modules</code> first? </p> <hr> <p>I have a Cakefile that starts the dev server with <code>nodemon</code>. For example:</p> <pre><code># **`procExec(procName)`** # returns the path to executable in `node_` procExec = (procName) -> console.log "./node_modules/" + procName + "/bin/" + procName "./node_modules/.bin/" + procName # **`cake startdev`** # Starts the server with `nodemon` # Watch and compile `.coffee` and `.styl` files in `/client` task "startdev", "Starts server with nodemon and watch files for changes", -> # start nodemon server nodemon = spawn procExec("nodemon"), ["server.coffee"] processOutput nodemon # watch and compile CoffeeScript coffee = spawn procExec("coffee"), ["-o", "public/js/app", "-cw", "client/coffee"] processOutput coffee # watch and compile Stylus stylus = spawn procExec("stylus"), ["client/stylus", "-l", "-w", "-o", "public/css/app"] processOutput stylus </code></pre> <p>It works but with a few minor problems: </p> <ul> <li><code>npm install|update</code> doesn't seem to install <code>nodemon</code>. I think it tries to install globally and fails. I manually did a <code>npm install nodemon</code> separately. Why is this? And how can I tell <code>nodemon</code> to install anyway?</li> <li>Does <code>"./node_modules/.bin/" + procName</code> always resolve to the correct executable? </li> </ul>

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