require('../') means require parent directory's index.js. When a require
path is a directory, node tries index.js.
On Thursday, July 10, 2014 6:40:56 PM UTC-7, Deva Kumaraswamy wrote:
>
> I ran into install issues on Centos with one of the popular and useful
> packages ref.
>
> when I do
> *npm install ref*
>
> I get the following error: "Cannot find module '../'.
>
> The offending line is
> *var gyp = require('../')*
>
> In my limited experience with nodejs I have never used this form of
> require.
> What exactly is this supposed to resolve to?
>
> Thanks the help.
> Deva
> ===================
> PS: part of the traceback.
>
> npm install ref
>
> > [email protected] install /sasusr/u/kumar/node_modules/ref
> > node-gyp rebuild
>
> \
> module.js:340
> throw err;
> ^
> Error: Cannot find module '../'
> at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
> at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
> at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
> at require (module.js:380:17)
> at Object.<anonymous>
> (/sasusr/u/kumar/node-v0.10.29-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js:13:11)
> at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
> at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
> at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
> at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
> at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
> npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
> npm ERR! Exit status 8
>
>
>
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