Cannot run node.js packages in Virtualbox Shared folders

[Steven Ottz]

I have setup a development machine on windows using Virtualbox running Ubuntu.

I would like to create all my graphics etc on my windows machine and then keep them synced using shed folders.

When I run NPM in my app folder to install grunt --save-dev and yo webbapp it returns errors.

I know this because it is fine when I don't share the folder. 

How can I make this work? It now seems pointless to use node with Virtual Box thus using Grunt and Yeoman. Why is all this stuff so hard to learn and use it all seems so pointless.

Thanks

[Ryan Graham]

The problem is symlinks, which is what npm uses to create the runnable commands for those modules.

There are a bunch of options involving config tweaks, setting up network file sharing, or some semi-automatic invocation of rsync...

...but you might find it easiest to just keep your image assets working directory separate from your app and just copy them over as needed.

~Ryan

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[ala...@bonseletrons.com.br]

Hei !!!
I run into that once!

There is a CLI command to enable symlinks in VirtualBox. I will post it later

Alain

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[Alain Mouette]

Hi, here it is:

VBoxManage setextradata <VMname> VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/host 1

That allows links between internal drive and shared folders

PS: I hope that this gets to the list, my las message was not received
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Alain Mouette
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