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+DEPENDS_prepend = "nodejs-native "
+S = "${WORKDIR}/npmpkg"
+
+NPM_INSTALLDIR = "${D}${libdir}/node_modules/${PN}"
+
+npm_do_compile() {
+	# changing the home directory to the working directory, the .npmrc will
+	# be created in this directory
+	export HOME=${WORKDIR}
+	npm config set dev false
+	npm set cache ${WORKDIR}/npm_cache
+	# clear cache before every build
+	npm cache clear
+	# Install pkg into ${S} without going to the registry
+	npm --arch=${TARGET_ARCH} --production --no-registry install
+}
+
+npm_do_install() {
+	mkdir -p ${NPM_INSTALLDIR}/
+	cp -a ${S}/* ${NPM_INSTALLDIR}/ --no-preserve=ownership
+}
+
+python populate_packages_prepend () {
+    instdir = d.expand('${D}${libdir}/node_modules/${PN}')
+    extrapackages = oe.package.npm_split_package_dirs(instdir)
+    pkgnames = extrapackages.keys()
+    d.prependVar('PACKAGES', '%s ' % ' '.join(pkgnames))
+    for pkgname in pkgnames:
+        pkgrelpath, pdata = extrapackages[pkgname]
+        pkgpath = '${libdir}/node_modules/${PN}/' + pkgrelpath
+        # package names can't have underscores but npm packages sometimes use them
+        oe_pkg_name = pkgname.replace('_', '-')
+        expanded_pkgname = d.expand(oe_pkg_name)
+        d.setVar('FILES_%s' % expanded_pkgname, pkgpath)
+        if pdata:
+            version = pdata.get('version', None)
+            if version:
+                d.setVar('PKGV_%s' % expanded_pkgname, version.encode("utf8"))
+            description = pdata.get('description', None)
+            if description:
+                d.setVar('SUMMARY_%s' % expanded_pkgname, description.replace(u"\u2018", "'").replace(u"\u2019", "'").encode("utf8"))
+    d.appendVar('RDEPENDS_%s' % d.getVar('PN', True), ' %s' % ' '.join(pkgnames).replace('_', '-'))
+}
+
+FILES_${PN} += " \
+    ${libdir}/node_modules/${PN} \
+"
+
+EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_compile do_install