# Install can-symlink with npm

Utility module to determine if fs.symlink commands will succeed. Useful for win32 enviornments where special permission is required for symlinking. Version 1.0.0 via npm; verified 2015-12-21.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:can-symlink
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g can-symlink
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:can-symlink
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/can-symlink>
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Source summary:** Utility module to determine if fs.symlink commands will succeed. Useful for win32 enviornments where special permission is required for symlinking.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/raytiley/can-symlink#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/raytiley/can-symlink>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/raytiley/can-symlink#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/can-symlink/-/can-symlink-1.0.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/raytiley/can-symlink/issues>
- **Published:** 2015-12-21T16:29:33.177Z
- **Last updated:** 2015-12-21T16:29:33.177Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- can-symlink (cli)
- can-symlink (alias)

## Dependencies

- tmp

## Build dependencies

- mocha

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 1.0.0
- Package-manager updated: 2015-12-21
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/raytiley/can-symlink
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for can-symlink. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 1.0.0
- **Version Count:** 2
- **Maintainers:** real_ate, raytiley, katiegengler, stefanpenner
- **Author:** raytiley
- **Publisher:** raytiley
- **Integrity:** sha512-RbsNrFyhwkx+6psk/0fK/Q9orOUr9VMxohGd8vTa4djf4TGLfblBgUfqZChrZuW0Q+mz2eBPFLusw9Jfukzmhg==
- **Shasum:** 97b607d8a84bb6c6e228b902d864ecb594b9d219
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2015-02-11T03:29:29.175Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2015-12-21T16:29:33.177Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-16T20:55:37.363Z


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