Node.js cannot find module 'readable-stream'

Question

I am new to node.js and stuck on the following. Any help will be appreciated:

I am running node.js (0.10.28) on ubuntu (12.10). The code I am working on is:

"use strict";

var  mysql = require('node-mysql'),
connection = mysql.createConnection({
    host: "127.0.0.1",
    user: "user",
    password: "password",
    database: "dbname"
});
    if(connection) { 
    console.log("Query");
    connection.query("select * from client",function(err,res) {
    if(err)console.log(err);
    console.log(res);
});
}

I get the following error

Error: Cannot find module 'readable-stream'
    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> (/root/RonakNodeEmail/node_modules/node-mysql/lib/protocol/sequences/Query.js:7:20)
    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 Module.require (module.js:364:17)

possible duplicate of npm install i18next-conv: Error: Cannot find module 'readable-stream' — Muath
– Muath, Commented Jun 3, 2014 at 8:39
Have you made sure to install readable-stream through npm? npm install readable-stream — thomaux
– thomaux, Commented Jun 3, 2014 at 8:39

Jamie Hutber · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-02 11:36:39Z

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I got this error for the a long while. Stupidly I hadn't installed gulp... In short this problem occurs when a package is missing.

npm install gulp -g

I would suggest working out which task you are running and then install that.

answered Feb 2, 2015 at 11:36

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tivoni Over a year ago

Solved my problem - 10x!

GabLeRoux Over a year ago

Had same problem, I personally needed to reinstall node and deleted node_modules folder. npm install again and it's working fine now.

Badjem79 · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-06 10:19:04Z

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In my case, (windows) after uninstalling nodejs, and before reinstalling it I had to delete the folder:

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm

and after reinstalling node it worked like a sharm

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jacobq · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-20 21:58:00Z

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There were many reason for this issue: I have faced this issue because I had older version of node.js related files.

Un-install the node.js
Go to your user folder like C:\Users\<uname> and find all the node.js related files and delete everything.
Install node.js freshly

It worked for me.

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patwis Over a year ago

I had also to delete the C:\Program Files\nodejs folder manually after uninstalling.

villy393 · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-25 10:22:06Z

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I was having this problem building a vue library. Deleting node_modules and re-running npm isntall and then rebuilding my lib worked.

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TheLD Over a year ago

This seamed to be the easiest solution so I tried it first and it worked for me!

Guy · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-04 02:17:46Z

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After grepping I found:

  $ cd /usr/lib/
  $ ack-grep readable-stream
nodejs/sha/index.js
3:var Transform = require('stream').Transform || require('readable-stream').Transform

and change that line to:

var Transform = require('stream').Transform // || require('readable-stream').Transform

and error goes out!

-- System Information:

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