Installing a plugin without publishing it in the npm registry

[cool]

I have a plugin source code which is residing locally on my machine. How can I install and activate it without publishing the code in the global registry?

[cool]

I think all I need to do is to simply copy the plugin folder in the node_modules directory. But now the question arises .. what if I need to modify its code often, do I need to uninstall and re-activate the plugin again and again.

[PitaJ]

In your plugin directory (I'll use nodebb-plugin-example as an example here), you need to run npm link:

~/nodebb-plugin-example > npm link

In your nodebb directory, you then run npm link [plugin package name]

~/nodebb > npm link nodebb-plugin-example

You can then activate it via CLI, or restart NodeBB and activate it in the ACP

~/nodebb > ./nodebb activate example

[cool]

Thanks it worked