curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh fails on cygwin

Question

curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh fails on cygwin

I am unable to install npm on cygwin. I have installed node v0.4.12 which is supposed to be the last supported version of nodejs on cygwin.
Here is the error I get :

curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100    85    0    85    0     0    344      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   904
sh: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
sh: line 1: `<html>Moved: <a href="https://npmjs.org/install.sh">https://npmjs.org/install.sh</a>'

Please help me fix this. TIA.

node.js
cygwin
npm

Answer 1

The error is because that URL responds with a 302 redirect. You'll need to use a different URL, which just has a different protocol -- https vs. http.

curl https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

Though, as I noted in a comment above, you can install Node 0.8 or later on Windows without cygwin.

Answer 2

Sorry - late to the game, but this worked for me:

curl https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

Answer 3

Now the url is be https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh.

So the complete installation command is:

curl https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

This might change again in the future. Refer to the official gist for many installation options of node and npm, or this guide on joyent blog.