How can I publish my own langchain clone package

[CakeCrusher]

I need certain functions to be exported and I already did that and tested it via npm link now I just need to publish the custom langchain package. But when I try to I constantly run into configuration errors.

When I leave the npm name as langchain I can get all the way up to the publishing step where of course it gets blocked because langchain already has the namespace. But when I try to change the npm name I run into build and publish errors. How should I go about publishing a copy of langchain? Thanks in advance.

[dosubot[bot]]

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I understand that you're trying to publish your own version of LangChain, but you're encountering configuration errors. When you try to publish under the original name, you're blocked because that namespace is already taken. However, when you attempt to change the name, you're still running into issues.

Here's a potential solution to your problem:

First, you need to modify the name field in the package.json file to a unique name that hasn't been used on npm yet. This is because npm uses the name field to identify the package in its registry.

1. Open the package.json file in your project.
2. Modify the name field to a unique name. For instance, if your username is myusername, you could name your package myusername-langchain.

{
  "name": "myusername-langchain",
  ...
}

3. Save the package.json file.

After you've made these changes, you should be able to publish your package to npm without encountering namespace issues. You can do this by running npm publish in your terminal.

If you're still experiencing build and publish errors after changing the name field, it's possible that these errors are being caused by something else. If that's the case, I would need more specific error messages to provide further assistance.

This is just one potential solution to your problem. If you find it helpful and believe it could be useful to others, I encourage you to make a pull request to update the documentation. This way, other users who encounter the same issue can benefit from your experience.

Sources

• langchain/package.json

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