How to change bower s default components folder

Question

I m making a new project that uses bower from twitter  I created a component json to maintain all my dependency like jquery  Then I run bower install that installs everything in a folder named components  But I need to install the components in a different folder  e g  public components   I have tried editing my components json into        name    test      version    1 0 0      directory    public       dependencies          jquery               or        name    test      version    1 0 0      componentsDirectory    public       dependencies          jquery               as shown in https   github com twitter bower pull 94 but it doesn t work

User · Answer

Hi i am same problem and resolve this ways.

windows user and vs cant'create .bowerrc file.

in cmd go any folder

install any packages which is contains .bowerrc file forexample

bower install angular-local-storage

this plugin contains .bowerrc file. copy that and go to your project and paste this file.

and in visual studio - solution explorer - show all files and include project seen .bowerrc file

i resolve this ways :)

User · Answer

In addition to editing  bowerrc to setup your default install path  you can also setup custom install paths for different file types   There is a node package called bower-installer that provides a single command for managing alternate install paths   run npm install -g bower-installer  Set up your bower json       name     test      version    0 1      dependencies           jquery-ui     latest          install           path             css    src css          js    src js              sources             jquery-ui               components jquery-ui ui jquery-ui custom js            components jquery-ui themes start jquery-ui css                        Run the following command  bower-installer  This will install components jquery-ui themes start jquery-ui css to   src css  etc

User · Answer

Something worth mentioning    As noted above by other contributors  using a  bowerrc file with the JSON    quot directory quot    quot some path quot    is necessary -- HOWEVER  you may run into an issue on Windows while creating that file  If Windows gives you a message imploring you to add a  quot file name quot   simply use a text editor   IDE such as Notepad    Add the JSON to an unnamed file  save it as  bowerrc -- you re good to go  Probably an easy assumption  but I hope this save others the unnecessary headache

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I had the same issue on my windows 10  This is what fixed my problem   Delete bower components in your root folder Create a  bowerrc file in the root In the file write this code   directory     public bower components   Run a bower install   You should see bower components folder in your public folder now

User · Answer

Try putting the components json file in the public directory of your application  rather than the root directory  then re-run bower install    try this in your app home directory   cp components json public cd public bower install

User · Answer

Create a Bower configuration file  bowerrc in the project root  as opposed to your home directory  with the content        directory     public components      Run bower install again

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