build: add npx to installers

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/14235
Reviewed-By: Jeremiah Senkpiel <fishrock123@rocketmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <refack@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Yuta Hiroto <hello@about-hiroppy.com>
Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock <gibfahn@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/install.py b/tools/install.py
index d51ac06d7b1..afebb60e994 100755
--- a/tools/install.py
+++ b/tools/install.py
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ def npm_files(action):
   else:
     assert(0) # unhandled action type
 
+  # create/remove symlink
+  link_path = abspath(install_path, 'bin/npx')
+  if action == uninstall:
+    action([link_path], 'bin/npx')
+  elif action == install:
+    try_symlink('../lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js', link_path)
+  else:
+    assert(0) # unhandled action type
+
 def subdir_files(path, dest, action):
   ret = {}
   for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(path):