npm link xrpl doesn't work properly

[mvadari]

Reproduction:

• Run npm i -g xrpl
• Then try running a script with const xrpl = require("xrpl")
• It fails with a MODULE_NOT_FOUND error
• Try then running npm link xrpl to link the global module in locally
• You get the following error:

npm error code 127
npm error path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/xrpl
npm error command failed
npm error command sh -c copyfiles ../../README.md xrpl/README.md
npm error sh: 1: copyfiles: not found

I believe this is because the prepare script is running - that line was added here: #2530

[ckeshava]

will it help if you install the copyfiles package? npm install copyfiles -g ?

[mvadari]

will it help if you install the copyfiles package? npm install copyfiles -g ?

Yes, but I shouldn't need to install a separate package to be able to run npm link xrpl.

I don't think just adding copyfiles to the normal, non-dev dependencies is the answer either, but I don't understand npm link well enough to understand what's happening here.