How to run an update on Autoprefixer's caniuse list - sublimetext3

I am running Autoprefixer in Sublime Text 3, and am now getting this error when saving CSS files:
Autoprefixer Error: Browserslist: caniuse-lite is outdated. Please run: npx browserslist#latest --update-db
The problem I have is simple. I don't know where or how to run the given instruction. Is this done within ST3, or via Terminal on the Mac? And how is it done?
Would really appreciate a pointer.
Thanks.

This is done from Terminal. All the action takes place in ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages/Autoprefixer, so go there first:
cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Sublime\ Text\ 3/Packages/Autoprefixer
Next, we need to delete the old binaries, as at least my version of npm didn't want to overwrite them. This deletes autoprefixer and browserslist:
rm node_modules/.bin/*
Next, all you need to do is run
npm update
(again, from ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages/Autoprefixer - this is very important) and you should be all set. When I ran it 10 minutes ago, the results were:
+ postcss#7.0.35
+ postcss-scss#2.1.1
+ autoprefixer#9.8.6
added 3 packages from 3 contributors, removed 8 packages, updated 9 packages and audited 24 packages in 1.07s
3 packages are looking for funding
run `npm fund` for details
found 0 vulnerabilities
Your results may be different depending on when you run the command, as different versions might be available then.

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npm not installing in the correct directory

C:\Users\User>cd onedrive/desktop/folder
C:\Users\User\OneDrive\Desktop\folder>npm i node-superfetch
up to date, audited 23 packages in 1s
8 packages are looking for funding
run `npm fund` for details
found 0 vulnerabilities
C:\Users\User\OneDrive\Desktop\folder>dir
Volume in drive C is OS
Volume Serial Number is 8E2E-B533
Directory of C:\Users\User\OneDrive\Desktop\folder
15/11/2021 10:49 AM <DIR> .
15/11/2021 11:03 AM <DIR> ..
15/11/2021 10:45 AM 0 data.json
15/11/2021 10:50 AM 92 index.js
2 File(s) 92 bytes
2 Dir(s) 395,067,858,944 bytes free
I wanted to install a npm package in the folder directory and it does install it but I have no idea where it installed it to. I just reinstalled nodejs and the issue isn't gone. I typed npm config get prefix and this is what it shows:
C:\Users\User\OneDrive\Desktop\folder>npm config get prefix
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm
To see where npm will install, run npm root.
One possibility is that you have global set to true in a relevant .npmrc file. If so, npm root will report the global installation directory rather than the local node_modules. If you can't find where global is being set to true, you can use --no-global on the command with npm install so that it ignores the setting and installs things in the local node_modules instead. You can also set it to false in the project .npmrc which will override it being set in .npmrc files elsewhere.

npm- module not recognized even though it's installed

I am running on windows.
My module is install via npm install. It's located in the node_modules which was locally created at my project.
For some reason, all of a sudden node has stop recognizing my module, even though it is installed and located in the root/node_modules location!!
I have tried every thing I could find online. What is going on???
tried clearing npm's cache
kill node.js process
re-open my command-line
even restarted my PC!!
path is configured correctly
One more thing:
if i manually install the package via: npm install --save my-module
its recognizing my package.
EDIT
I have noticed that when I run npm install it does not create the node_modules/.bin folder as of when I run npm install --save my-module it does create it.
EDIT 2
When manually placing my packages in the .bin folder than it works
Note, that you can also execute an installed npm module using the npx (Node.js Package Runner), which is part of npm.
npx my-module
You should see the module executable in ./node_modules/.bin
Please, at first re-install your node and shutdown your PC for 5 at least mins.
You can follow the following steps:
Search environment variables from start menu's search box.
Click it then go to Environment Variables
Click PATH
click Edit
Click New and try to copy and paste your path for 'bin' folder [find where you installed the node] for example according to my machine 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin'
If you got any error. try the another step:
Click New, then browse for the 'bin' folder

BrowserSync : Command not found after installing browser-sync

There was another issue open with the same title which has been closed but my error could not be resolved using the solutions given in that issue.
Mac OSX El Capitan
Node [v5.6.0]
Npm [v3.6.0]
I installed Browser-Sync successfully using :
bash
$ sudo npm install -g browser-sync
but when I check the browser-sync version by typing :
bash
$ browser-sync --version
I get this error :
bash
-bash: browser-sync: command not found
Check where npm installs it's binaries by running npm bin -g, and then add that to your PATH.
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
None of this was helpful to me, instead what I did was find the file location of browser sync after i executed the browser-sync download command supplied on their website. npm install -g browser-sync
Turns out my windows 10 put that downloaded file into %appdata% folder which is in Local Disk (C), but it's an invisible folder and not the correct place it should be, it needs to be in the nodejs folder inside Program Files...
So to find this folder do this: in the search bar of windows 10 type in %appdata% and press Enter, it should open up that hidden folder...
Then click on npm > npm_modules > then you should see files saying browser-sync. Highlight and drag all those files into Local Disk (C) > Program Files > nodejs. You will get allow access prompts, just allow all those.
Now browser-sync and nodejs are sitting happily together and NOW, you can go back to your CMD window and type in browser-sync --version and get the correct version.
I am taking the Coursera class titled HTMl, CSS, and Javascript for Web Developers and ran into this very problem and this solution made it possible for me to continue setting up my environment to take the class.
Although above answers are correct, there is an easy way to handle this. Instead of explicitly creating $PATH we can install Browsersync globally.
npm i -D browser-sync
Here -g option specifies npm to install browser-sync package globally and add $PATH automatically. Next check wether it is working or not by running:
browser-sync --version
Note: Even if you already installed Browsersync try running this. The issue will be resolved.

npm install without symlinks option not working

I setup a development environment with Windows 8 and Ubuntu as a virtual machine. For that I use VirtualBox.
I also manage to create a shared folder in VirtualBox.
In this shared folder I try to start a project with ember-generator of Yeoman.
yo ember --skip-install --karma
npm install --no-bin-links
For installing modules NPM I use the option "--no-bin-links" not to create symbolic links. Unfortunately, I still have errors creations symbolic links ... Is what I use although this option ? There he has a bug ?
The NPM docs about parameter "--no-bin-links" say:
will prevent npm from creating symlinks for any binaries the package
might contain.
Which will just cause NPM to not create links in the node_modules/.bin folder. I also searched for a way to prevent NPM from creating symlinks when using npm install ../myPackage, but can't find any solution...
Update: The npm support team said this will reproduce the old behaviour (no symbolic links):
npm install $(npm pack <folder> | tail -1)
Works for me in git-bash on Windows 10.
This Stack Overflow page comes up in Google search results when trying to solve the issue of installing local modules (ie. npm install ../myPackage) and not wanting symbolic links. So I'm adding this answer below to help others who end up here.
Solution #1 - For development environment.
Using the solution proposed by the NPM support team as mentioned in the other answer works...
# Reproduces the old behavior of hard copies and not symlinks
npm install $(npm pack <folder> | tail -1)
This is fine in the development environment for manual installs.
Solution #2 - For build environment.
However, in our case, the development environment doesn't quite matter as much though because when committing our changes to Git, the ./node_modules/ folder is ignored anyway.
The files ./package.json and ./package-lock.json is what is important and is carried into our build environment.
In our build environment (part of our automated CI/CD pipeline), the automation just runs the npm install command and builds from the dependencies listed in the package.json file.
So, here is where the problem affects us. The locally referenced files in the dependencies list of the package.json causes symlinks to appear. Now we are back to the old problem. These symlinks then get carried into the build's output which move onto the Stage and Production environments.
What we did instead is use rsync in archive mode with the --copy-links option that turns symbolic links into copies of the original.
Here is what the command looks like in the automated build:
# Install dependencies based on ./package.json
npm install
# Make a copy that changes symlinks to hard copies
rsync --archive --verbose --copy-links ./node_modules/ ./node_modules_cp/
# Remove and replace
rm -r ./node_modules/
mv ./node_modules_cp/ ./node_modules/
I have a similar environment. Apparently the Virtualbox (vagrant) synchronisation has problems when renaming or moving files, which happens when updating modules.
If you do a file listing (ls -alhp) on the command line and see ??? for the file permissions, then it is time to reboot your virtualbox. This will set the permissions to valid values. Then use the --no-bin-links option when installing a module.

Installing "global" npm dependencies via package.json [duplicate]

This question already has answers here:
Install dependencies globally and locally using package.json
(7 answers)
Closed 8 years ago.
I have a few "global" dependencies (jshint, csslint, buster, etc..) that I'd like to have automatically installed and executable via the command line when my package is installed via npm install. Is this possible?
Currently, I'm doing the following manually:
npm install -g <package_name>
from within my project: npm link <package_name>
Update:
Just came across this feature request for npm. It seems like the scripts config within package.json is the way to go?
Update Again:
Or, after reading the npm docs, maybe I'm supposed to use a .gyp file? I'm confused.
It's not possible to specify dependencies as "global" from a package.json. And, this is by design as Isaac states in that feature request you referenced:
Yeah, we're never going to do this.
But, "binaries" can still be used when a package is installed locally. They'll be in .../node_modules/.bin/. And, you should be able to queue them up with a preinstall script.
Though, if the series of commands is rather lengthy (as "jshint, csslint, buster, etc.." would suggest), you may want to look into using a build tool such as grunt to perform the various tasks:
{
// ...,
"scripts": {
"preinstall": "grunt"
}
}
I really like the pattern where you install local dependencies, then use a bash script that sets your PATH to ./node_modules/.bin.
File: env.sh
# Add your local node_modules bin to the path for this command
export PATH="./node_modules/.bin:$PATH"
# execute the rest of the command
exec "$#"
Then, you can use this script before any bash command. If you pair that with a Makefile or npm script:
File: Makefile
lint :
./env.sh csslint my_styles
File: package.json
"scripts": {
"lint": "./env.sh csslint my_styles"
}
This tasks in these files look like they reference csslint in some global location, but they actually use the version in your node_modules bin.
The really awesome benefit of this is that these dependencies can be versioned easily, just like your other node modules. If you stick with a global install solution, you could be clobbering some specific version on the user's system that is required for one of their other projects.
You should try this: https://github.com/lastboy/package-script
I've been using it to install global npm packages straight from the package.json. It works well for clients who aren't technically literate.
It even checks if the packages are already installed, if not install them!

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