npm install -g next?

[purplecones]

Following the readme example, it indicates to install next with npm install next --save. I couldnt get the example to work this way.

zsh: command not found: next

Shouldn't this be npm install -g next so that the next command is global?

[davemo]

@purplecones I just added a script to package.json like so:

"scripts": {
    "start": "next"
  },

and then ran npm start

[impronunciable]

@purplecones usually you use npm scripts. Npm knows how to locate next inside the package. It's recommended to install it locally mostly because you can have different versions in different projects

{
  "name": "my-app",
  "dependencies": {
    "next": "*"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "next",
    "build": "next build",
    "start": "next start"
  }
}

[purplecones]

@davemo @impronunciable oh ok. Any reason why this CLI from zeit should be used this way? now and ns that I use are all global.

[impronunciable]

@purplecones with now you are interfacing the now API and you'll want to be always at the last version. Is not the case of a front end framework

[fabricionaweb]

next init probably better work and sense for global installations

[purplecones]

@impronunciable @fabricionaweb thanks