Question: Pre-install extensions with npm (automation-script)

[r10r]

Hi,

I'm a new user of coc.nvim and want to create a docker image with extensions preinstalled.
I followed https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim/wiki/Install-coc.nvim#automation-script
to install extensions with npm but the installed extensions do not show up in
the output of :CocList extensions.

Is there another way to pre-install extensions (system-wide) for air-gapped environments ?

Thanks
Ruben

[chemzqm]

Check package.json and node_modules in the folder :echo coc#util#get_data_home().'/extensions'

[r10r]

@chemzqm Thanks for the response.

The problem for me is that $HOME is located on a volume,
so modules can't be pre-installed to $HOME/.config/coc/extensions in the container image.

But I figured out that npm link can be used instead of npm install

1. Install extension node modules globally in container image:

# install coc extension (node module) globally
RUN npm install -g coc-snippets --global-style --ignore-scripts --no-bin-links --no-package-lock --only=prod

2. Link extensions in the containers entrypoint.sh

# see https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim/wiki/Install-coc.nvim#automation-script
mkdir -p ~/.config/coc/extensions
cd ~/.config/coc/extensions
if [ ! -f package.json ]
then
  echo '{"dependencies":{}}'> package.json
fi
# link globally installed extension
npm link coc-snippets --save --no-package-lock --only=prod

• Pre-installed modules are installed to /usr/local/lib/node_modules
• Extensions installed by the user will be installed to ~/.config/coc/extensions/node_modules