Bower "MODULE_NOT_FOUND Cannot find module 'qs'"

No matter what I do, I keep getting the message:

bower MODULE_NOT_FOUND Cannot find module 'qs'

Whenever I try to install a package with bower.

NPM version 1.4.14 Bower version 1.3.8 Node Version 0.10.29

Anyone have any idea what I can do to fix? I'm running out of ideas at this point, I've tried reinstalling node, downgrading NPM (from 1.5.0 Beta 3).

I solve this by reinstalling bower by npm. npm install bower -g

Try setting the NODE_PATH environment variable. This is needed when you install modules in a local context.

export NODE_PATH=${PWD}/node_modules

http://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#modules_loading_from_the_global_folders