handle installs from decoupled npm

Fixes chrisa#52 chrisa#53
tjfontaine · Oct 25, 2014 · fe6424c · fe6424c
1 parent 542557d
commit fe6424c
Showing 1 changed file with 13 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/scripts/install.js b/scripts/install.js
@@ -15,7 +15,14 @@ fs.renameSync(src, dst);
 
 movedFile = true;
 
-var nodegyp = path.join(process.execPath,
+//npm_execpath: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js',
+var nodegyp = path.join(process.env.npm_execpath,
+                        '..',
+                        'node-gyp-bin',
+                        'node-gyp');
+
+if (!fs.existsSync(nodegyp))
+  nodegyp = path.join(process.execPath,
                         '..',
                         '..',
                         'lib',
@@ -25,6 +32,11 @@ var nodegyp = path.join(process.execPath,
                         'node-gyp-bin',
                         'node-gyp');
 
+if (!fs.existsSync(nodegyp)) {
+  console.error('cannot locate npm install');
+  return;
+}
+
 var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
 
 var stdio = 'ignore';