# Capacitor local plugin support not working

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/capacitor-local-plugin-support-not-working/201475>\
**Category:** Ionic Vue\
**Created:** [December 18, 2020, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/capacitor-local-plugin-support-not-working/201475 "2020-12-18T04:47:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tkclark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/tkclark/32/144585_2.png) [@tkclark](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/tkclark)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/capacitor-local-plugin-support-not-working/201475/1 "2020-12-18T04:47:34Z")

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Follow the information here: [https://capacitorjs.com/docs/plugins/web](https://capacitorjs.com/docs/plugins/web) I have created the default capacitor plugin with the `echo` method. Inside of the vue file, I have the following:

```auto
import { Plugins } from '@capacitor/core';
import 'my-bluetooth-plugin';

```

…

```auto
async echoDevice() {
	const { MyBluetooth } = Plugins;
	await MyBluetooth.echo({ value: 'test' });
}

```

Note: I was unable to run `npm link` in the plugin folder and then `npm link my-bluetooth-plugin` and `npm install my-bluetooth-plugin` as noted here [https://capacitorjs.com/docs/plugins/workflow](https://capacitorjs.com/docs/plugins/workflow) as it simply doesn’t work or do anything. Simon Grimm also ran into the same issue [in this video](https://youtu.be/Nf-mOfmD7X4?t=219) (set to the second he talks about it) and had a workaround of doing `npm install ../my-bluetooth-plugin` instead. Doing so has caused another error which I believe to be related to the build process:

```auto
Module build failed (from ./node_modules/eslint-loader/index.js):
Error: No ESLint configuration found in /Users/username/Projects/my-bluetooth-plugin/dist/esm.
    at CascadingConfigArrayFactory._finalizeConfigArray (/Users/username/Projects/my-mobile-app/node_modules/eslint/lib/cli-engine/cascading-config-array-factory.js:432:19)
    at CascadingConfigArrayFactory.getConfigArrayForFile (/Users/username/Projects/my-mobile-app/node_modules/eslint/lib/cli-engine/cascading-config-array-factory.js:271:21)
    at CLIEngine.isPathIgnored (/Users/username/Projects/my-mobile-app/node_modules/eslint/lib/cli-engine/cli-engine.js:951:18)
    at CLIEngine.executeOnText (/Users/username/Projects/my-mobile-app/node_modules/eslint/lib/cli-engine/cli-engine.js:868:38)
    at lint (/Users/username/Projects/my-mobile-app/node_modules/eslint-loader/index.js:278:17)
    at transform (/Users/username/Projects/my-mobile-app/node_modules/eslint-loader/index.js:252:18)
    at /Users/username/Projects/my-mobile-app/node_modules/loader-fs-cache/index.js:127:18
    at ReadFileContext.callback (/Users/username/Projects/my-mobile-app/node_modules/loader-fs-cache/index.js:31:14)
    at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterOpen [as oncomplete] (fs.js:237:13)

```

Please help either with the npm link or the eslint issue. I’ll take either at this point!

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**Author:** ![tkclark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/tkclark/32/144585_2.png) [@tkclark](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/tkclark)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/capacitor-local-plugin-support-not-working/201475/2 "2020-12-18T05:35:26Z")

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After 3-4 wasted hours (ugh!), using `npm link` never ended up working but I was able to get the following to work. I had to run the following within the main project:  
`npm install ../my-bluetooth-plugin`

Then I had to stop the running process and run again as:  
`npm run serve --preserve-symlinks`