Error NPM global install cannot find module

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I wrote a module which I published to npm a moment ago

So it installs fine from the command line:

$ npm i -g wisp

However, when I run it from the command line, I keep getting an error that optimist isn't installed:

$ wisp 
Error: Cannot find module 'optimist'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:362:17)
    at require (module.js:378:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/wisp/wisp:12:10)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/wisp/wisp:96:4)
    at Module._compile (module.js:449:26)
    at Object.exports.run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/coffee-script/lib/coffee-script/coffee-script.js:68:25)
    at compileScript (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/coffee-script/lib/coffee-script/command.js:135:29)
    at fs.stat.notSources.(anonymous function) (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/coffee-script/lib/coffee-script/command.js:110:18)

However, I have specified in package.json as a dependancy:

{
  "name": "wisp",
  "author": "Brendan Scarvell <bscarvell@gmail.com>",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "description": "Global nodejs file server",
  "dependencies": {
    "optimist": "~0.3.4"
  },
  "repository": "git://github.com/tehlulz/wisp",
  "bin": {
    "wisp" : "./wisp"
  }
}

Does anyone know what to do to get this running? I know its to do with the bin part adding the executable to bin and the node_modules in that directory being empty. No idea how to resolve this.

Jul 16, 2020 in Node-js by kartik
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Hello @kartik,

I got this error Error: Cannot find module 'number-is-nan' whereas the module actually exists. It was due to a bad/incomplete Node.js installation.

For Windows  you need a clean Node installation :

  • Uninstall Node.js
  • Delete the two folders npm and npm_cache in C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming
  • Restart Windows and install Node.js
  • Run npm initor (npm init --yes for default config)
  • Set the Windows environment variable for NODE_PATH. This path is where your packages are installed. It's probably something likeNODE_PATH = C:\Users\user\node_modules or C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules
  • Start a new cmd console and npm should work fine
Hope it is helpfull!
Thank You!!
answered Jul 16, 2020 by Niroj
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