Cannot find module "socket.io"

Question

Hi i am trying to run the nodejs script and it pops up the following error message:

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I have installed socket.io globally using following command:

>npm install -g socket.io

but still no luck.

Any help?

Don't install it globally. Only install modules globally which you'll be using command line interfaces of, like mocha or casper. Anything you "require" in your app is installed locally. — laggingreflex
– laggingreflex, Commented Oct 23, 2014 at 5:41
i installed it locally first but it is not working either thats why i installed globally later — Princess
– Princess, Commented Oct 23, 2014 at 5:48
In your app folder there's a "node_modules" directory, does "socket.io" exists in it? — laggingreflex
– laggingreflex, Commented Oct 23, 2014 at 5:50
I can't think of any reason it shouldn't be working in that case :/. Try deleting the folder, clearing npm cache (npm cache clean) and installing it again. Also, are the other modules working fine? — laggingreflex
– laggingreflex, Commented Oct 23, 2014 at 6:01

Andi N. Dirgantara · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-23 05:40:53Z

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Use it locally instead, and save to your package.json

npm install socket.io --save

answered Oct 23, 2014 at 5:40

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