Please see below:
C:\Program Files\nodejs>npm -g install connect
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/connect
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/connect
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/connect
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/finalhandler/0.1.0
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/1.0.4
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/parseurl
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/utils-merge/1.0.0
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/utils-merge/1.0.0
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/finalhandler/0.1.0
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/parseurl
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/1.0.4
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/utils-merge/1.0.0
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/parseurl
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/1.0.4
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/finalhandler/0.1.0
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/escape-html/1.0.1
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/0.6.2
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/escape-html/1.0.1
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/0.6.2
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/escape-html/1.0.1
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/0.6.2
connect@3.1.1 C:\Users\u166824\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\connect
├── utils-merge@1.0.0
├── parseurl@1.3.0
├── debug@1.0.4 (ms@0.6.2)
└── finalhandler@0.1.0 (escape-html@1.0.1)
C:\Program Files\nodejs>
Is my install of Connect module successful? How do I know 'Connect' is properly installed?
Also, when I try to start my server, I get the following error:
C:\Program Files\nodejs>node server.js
module.js:340
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'connect'
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> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\server.js:1:77)
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 Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
And the code in my server.js is as follows:
var connect = require('connect');
connect.createServer(
connect.static("../angularjs")
).listen(5000);
Any ideas why I cannot connect? Thanks!
Try to verify whether Environment Variable for npm is set properly? [You can check by right clicking my Computer->properties->Advance System Settings tab.
For example DriveLetter:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm
You can't require()
modules that you've installed with the -g
flag in npm. Remove the -g
flag: npm install connect
. The -g
is for installing modules that provide command-line utilities, such as the express-generator
module.
Also, you really shouldn't use C:\Program Files\nodejs
for your project since npm will install modules in a subdirectory of your current working directory...