Manually installing NPM packages

Question

I used the node windows installer v0.8.3 to install nodejs. When I try to install express like this:

npm install express

It\'s not working

Answer 1

You will want to run npm install . from within your F:/express/ folder (or npm install -g . for a global install).

It looks like you downloaded beta version (3.0.0beta7). Try installing the latest stable version (2.5.11):

npm install https://github.com/visionmedia/express/tarball/2.5.11