node.js express module not loading properly

Question

Geos-Mac:hone georgiana$ npm list
/Users/georgiana/local/hone
├─┬ [email protected] 
│ ├── [email protected] 
│ ├── [email protected] 
│ └── [email protected] 
├── [email protected] 
└── [email protected]

However, a simple script that contains

var express = require( 'express' ).createServer();

gives

Error: Cannot find module 'express'
at Function._resolveFilename (module.js:322:11)
.........

when trying to use express.

Please note that

Geos-Mac:hone georgiana$ npm express -v
1.0.6

and

Geos-Mac:hone georgiana$ node -v
v0.5.0-pre

Any ideas?

npm installs modules locally. So your code needs to be near your /.node_modules/ folder. — Raynos
– Raynos, Commented May 21, 2011 at 11:49
The require_paths output > require.paths [ '/Users/georgiana/.node_modules', '/Users/georgiana/.node_libraries', '/Users/georgiana/local/hone/lib/node' ] > Geos-Mac:node_modules georgiana$ pwd /Users/georgiana/local/hone/node_modules Geos-Mac:node_modules georgiana$ ls -lsa total 0 0 drwxr-xr-x 5 georgiana staff 170 May 21 13:55 . 0 drwxr-xr-x 7 georgiana staff 238 May 21 13:54 .. 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 georgiana staff 68 May 21 13:55 .bin 0 drwxr-xr-x 9 georgiana staff 306 May 21 01:01 gently 0 drwxr-xr-x 13 georgiana staff 442 May 21 01:01 mysql — Georgiana
– Georgiana, Commented May 21, 2011 at 12:28
solved by installing the express module inside the application's folder; inspired by the manual nodejs.org/docs/v0.4.1/api/… so, inside /Users/georgiana/Sites/nodejs-play I executed the npm install express command, which installed the module in /Users/georgiana/Sites/nodejs-play/node_modules/express — Georgiana
– Georgiana, Commented May 21, 2011 at 12:51

Georgiana · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-22 08:44:53Z

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solved by installing the express module inside the application's folder; inspired by the manual http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.4.1/api/modules.html#loading_from_node_modules_Folders

so, inside /Users/georgiana/Sites/nodejs-play I executed the npm install express command, which installed the module in /Users/georgiana/Sites/nodejs-play/node_modules/express

answered May 22, 2011 at 8:44

Georgiana

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