Adding Meteor packages

The core Meteor Development Group (MDG) have developed over 140 packages for you to use. These packages provide features and functionality ranging from simple display tweaks, to fully integrated account management. Not only are these packages useful, but they're extremely easy to add to your project. In addition to the core MDG packages, there are hundreds of third-party packages available, all of which are free and could be just as easily added. This recipe will show you how to add Meteor packages to your project.

Getting ready

You will need Meteor installed and have a project created. Any project will do. You should also have a terminal window open and navigate to the root folder of your project, for example, if the name of your project is packagesTest, located in the ~/Documents/MeteorProjects folder, you would enter the following command in a terminal window:

$ cd ~/Documents/MeteorProjects/packagesTest

How to do it...

Let's install the fastclick package as an example...