I am a newbie myself. I wanted to use ExpressJS for two projects. This is what I have learned:
If you are running things from the commandline, you can use 'npm install -g <name>' to use the module. If you are running within a webserver, you need to install it locally with 'npm install <name>' Once I understood the distinction, then everything makes sense. On Friday, October 5, 2012 7:51:35 AM UTC-4, Bert Belder wrote: > > On Friday, October 5, 2012 10:09:38 AM UTC+2, harilal pillai wrote: >> >> hello, >> >> Am new to node js . I have installed nodejs in C:\Program Files\nodejs . >> and installed socket io. I tried to create some sample application >> in E:\harilal\node. i got error "cannot find socket io" . after searching >> installed socket.io in the app folder using npm. >> > Now it's working fine. Is i need to install socket.iofor every app > separately. Is it possible to install it in >> node installation directory and use it in apps? >> >> Regards >> Harilal >> > > This is a known issue. Try setting the HOME environment variable. On the > command line enter > set HOME=%USERPROFILE% > > By the way, installing socket.io for every app is sort of the recommended > way of doing things. > > - Bert > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
