node js npm package OSX fails

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After reading many ( if not all :-| ) posts having similar problems, I still don't have a working local (or a "global") install of node.js's Mac OSX system tools. Showing global attempt here...

Their doc implies either an npm install or a build from source - but not npm THEN source. However, a test run seems to be requiring compiled file(s) that don't exist after the attempted install.

Details:

It's my understanding that npm should be sufficient, but when I do the recommended

sudo npm install -g osx

npm creates /usr/local/lib/node_modules and populates with

README.md  osx.cc   osx.js  package.json    wscript

Running (from anywhere) node theirSample.js, containing:

Var osx = require('osx');
// also tried full path as recommended in other answers
var osx = require('/usr/local/lib/node_modules/osx');

The error is the commonly seen "cannot find module". However, the specific error is:

Cannot find module './build/Release/osx'

Which stems from the above osx.js created in /usr/local/lib/node_modules That file has the errant line:

var osx = require('./build/Release/osx');

That implies that I need the ./build/Release/osx dir, but npm did not create this under the modules dir. So does that mean I need to compile the source? If so, any pointers on set up please.

Andrei Karpuszonak · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-17 21:31:06Z

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First of all, you don't need to install it globally, and second, this module is already 2 years old, and it was tested on Darwin 11.2. It does not work with OS X "Mavericks" - just tested on my machine.

As a replacement, I would recommend to take a look at os build-in module, which provides basic operating-system related utility functions, and is OS-agnostic

answered Dec 17, 2013 at 21:31

Andrei Karpuszonak

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Howard Pautz Over a year ago

Thx Andrei +1 - I didn't notice how old that thing was! Will try your suggestion. Global was a (wrong :) attempt at getting it working.

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