Install @nuxtjs/i18n within module

[homersimpsons]

I'm currently writing a Nuxt Module and I'm exposing @nuxtjs/i18n translations using $t.

The documentation at https://i18n.nuxtjs.org/guide/extend-messages and https://i18n.nuxtjs.org/guide/extend-pages states that:

These hooks will only work for modules registered before the @nuxtjs/i18n module

I'm okay with this rule, while it may be harder for users.

But I wanted to go further and to automatically install @nuxtjs/i18n, so users that do not have @nuxtjs/i18n setup can still use the module directly.

For this, I went with something like:

    nuxt.hook('modules:done', async () => {
      if (hasNuxtModule('@nuxtjs/i18n')) return;
      await installModule('@nuxtjs/i18n', { strategy: 'no_prefix' })
    })
    nuxt.hook('i18n:registerModule', register => {
      register({
        langDir: runtime('lang'),
        locales: [{code: 'en', file: 'en.ts'}],
        lazy: true,
      })
    })

It looks like it is working, but I do not really find this optimal.

Is there any better way to do so ? Is there any plan (maybe on nuxt side) to ease this ?