Merge pull request #9 from OpenframeProject/plugins-global

Install extensions as global npm packages

Author: jmwohl

src/frame.js

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ var jsonfile = require('jsonfile'),
 
 frame.state = {};
 
+/**
+ * Load the current frate state from disk.
+ * @return {Promise}
+ */
 frame.load = function() {
     debug('load');
     return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {

src/plugin-manager.js

@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ pm.initPlugins = function(plugins, ofPluginApi) {
  *
  * Uses machine's npm as a child_process so that we don't have to depend on the npm package.
  *
- * TODO: don't re-install plugins that are already present
- *
  * @private
  *
  * @param  {String} package_name NPM package name
@@ -112,7 +110,7 @@ pm.initPlugins = function(plugins, ofPluginApi) {
  */
 function _installPlugin(package_name, version, force) {
     debug('installPlugin', package_name, version);
-    var cmd = 'npm install ' + package_name;
+    var cmd = 'npm install -g ' + package_name;
     if (version) {
         cmd += '@'+version;
     }
@@ -173,7 +171,7 @@ pm.uninstallPlugin = _removePlugin;
  */
 function _checkPlugin(package_name, version) {
     debug('checkPlugin', package_name, version);
-    var cmd = 'npm list ' + package_name;
+    var cmd = 'npm list -g ' + package_name;
     if (version) {
         cmd += '@'+version;
     }