1--- 2section: cli-commands 3title: npm-build 4description: Build a package 5--- 6 7# npm-build(1) 8 9## Build a package 10 11### Synopsis 12```shell 13npm build [<package-folder>] 14``` 15 16* `<package-folder>`: 17 A folder containing a `package.json` file in its root. 18 19### Description 20 21This is the plumbing command called by `npm link` and `npm install`. 22 23It should generally be called during installation, but if you need to run it 24directly, run: 25```bash 26 npm run-script build 27``` 28 29### See Also 30 31* [npm install](/cli-commands/npm-install) 32* [npm link](/cli-commands/npm-link) 33* [npm scripts](/using-npm/scripts) 34* [package.json](/configuring-npm/package-json) 35