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title: npm-edit
section: 1
description: Edit an installed package
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### Synopsis

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### Description

Selects a dependency in the current project and opens the package folder in the default editor (or whatever you've configured as the npm `editor` config -- see [`npm-config`](npm-config).)

After it has been edited, the package is rebuilt so as to pick up any changes in compiled packages.

For instance, you can do `npm install connect` to install connect into your package, and then `npm edit connect` to make a few changes to your locally installed copy.

### Configuration

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### See Also

* [npm folders](/configuring-npm/folders)
* [npm explore](/commands/npm-explore)
* [npm install](/commands/npm-install)
* [npm config](/commands/npm-config)
* [npmrc](/configuring-npm/npmrc)