'npm link' issue with yeoman generator

[gmarziou]

Hello,

I was trying to use latest version of yeoman jhipster generator, this implies to run 'npm link' in the generator source directory, everything seems to work fine (link has been created) but it fails when I try to use it.

It works well when not using nvm.

Here is how to reproduce the error with Node 0.10.35 on Windows 7 64bit

git clone https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster.git
cd generator-jhipster
npm link

npm install -g yo
yo jhipster
Error jhipster

You don't seem to have a generator with the name jhipster installed.
You can see available generators with npm search yeoman-generator and then insta
ll them with npm install [name].
To see the 0 registered generators run yo with the `--help` option.

[coreybutler]

This is not an NVM issue.

Since you've cloned jhipster instead of installing with npm, you also need to run npm install within the cloned directory. This is something npm does automatically, but cloning does not.

When I cloned the project and ran npm install, followed by npm link, the generator ran:

[gmarziou]

Thanks a lot and sorry for mis-reporting.

[gmarziou]

Your tool is great, especially because it does not require node or python to run as others do.

[coreybutler]

No worries, and I'm glad to hear you're finding it useful!!