Use resolve package to implement module lookup

index.js

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ var events = require('cordova-common').events;
 var path = require('path');
 var fs = require('fs-extra');
 var CordovaError = require('cordova-common').CordovaError;
-const { getInstalledPath } = require('get-installed-path');
+const resolve = Q.denodeify(require('resolve'));
 const npa = require('npm-package-arg');
 const semver = require('semver');
 
@@ -101,17 +101,19 @@ function getTargetPackageSpecFromNpmInstallOutput (npmInstallOutput) {
 // is installed, rejects otherwise.
 function pathToInstalledPackage (spec, dest) {
     const { name, rawSpec } = npa(spec, dest);
-    const paths = [];
-    for (let p = dest; path.dirname(p) !== p; p = path.dirname(p)) {
-        paths.push(path.join(p, 'node_modules'));
+
+    if (!name) {
+        throw new CordovaError(`Cannot determine package name from spec ${spec}`);
     }
-    return getInstalledPath(name, { local: true, paths: paths })
-        .then(installPath => {
-            const { version } = fs.readJsonSync(path.join(installPath, 'package.json'));
+
+    // We resolve the path to the module's package.json to avoid getting the
+    // path to `main` which could be located anywhere in the package
+    return resolve(path.join(name, 'package.json'), { basedir: dest })
+        .then(([pkgPath, { version }]) => {
             if (!semver.satisfies(version, rawSpec)) {
                 throw new CordovaError(`Installed package ${name}@${version} does not satisfy ${name}@${rawSpec}`);
             }
-            return installPath;
+            return path.dirname(pkgPath);
         });
 }
 

package.json

@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "cordova-common": "^2.2.0",
     "fs-extra": "^6.0.1",
-    "get-installed-path": "^4.0.8",
     "npm-package-arg": "^6.1.0",
     "q": "^1.4.1",
+    "resolve": "^1.8.1",
     "semver": "^5.5.0",
     "which": "^1.3.1"
   },