How to change bower's installation folder?

Question

When I try to install bower in my working project folder using npm install -g bower command in Windows 7 it is installed in another folder. I delete that folder and try to reinstall it. But again automatically that folder is created and bower is installed within that folder. See the attached image. I want to install bower in the otenro folder. But each and every time it is installed in angular folder. How do I change that?

please can someone help me for this I'm new for this. – kalani Sep 28 '16 at 16:51 — kalani, Sep 28 '16 at 16:51

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 28 '16 at 16:54

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You need to add a new file in the root of the project. The file has no name, only with the extension:

.bowerrc

with this:

{
  "directory": "Mynewdirectory/newfolder/subfolder"
}

answered Sep 28 '16 at 16:54

manuerumx

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@kalani you should mark the right answer to help others. – manuerumx Sep 28 '16 at 17:48
In my case I solved my problem by using [ npm config set prefix "C:\My\New\Location" ]. It works for me. I already included .bowerrc file with { "directory": "Mynewdirectory/newfolder/subfolder" } but It didn't work. – kalani Sep 28 '16 at 18:06
Then mark the @PiotrWolkowski answer as the right. This is how the site works. – manuerumx Sep 28 '16 at 18:07

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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To see your default install location:

npm list -g

To change your default install location:

npm config set prefix "C:\My\New\Location"

So after changing the install location just install bower and it will be installed there. This thread and this thread can help in any further investigation.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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answered Sep 28 '16 at 17:09

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How to change bower's installation folder?

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