Difference between `npm link x` and `npm install /path/to/x`
An article on Medium by Alex Mills lays it out bare. It says the difference between npm link x and npm install /local/path/to/x are: The big difference is that npm install /local/path/x will run the preinstall/postinstall hooks, but npm link x will not. npm link uses the global NPM space, npm install /local/path/x does not. … Read more