On 03/02/2016 09:54 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote: > I folks. > > I've tried installing node.js and socket.io as I want to see if they will > provide a solution to a problem I have. > > However, the first problem I've got is that it won't run. Below are the yum > installs that I've tried. They look a bit iratic as I did them while trying > things, and reading a number of web pages. Between them they must have > installed over 200 rpms. > > The result is that when I try testing the install using > > git://github.com/learnboost/socket.io > > I get the error shown below. This seems to be a known problem on Fedora, and > is designed to work this way. The solution is supposed to be found at > > https://npmjs.org/doc/faq.html#I-installed-something-globally-but-I-can-t-require-it > > but all I get is HTTP error 404. Can anyone please tell me what I need to do > > [gary@gary chat]$ node . > > module.js:340 > throw err; > ^ > Error: Cannot find module 'engine.io' > 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> (/home/gary/socket.io-node/lib/index.js:8:14) > 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 Module.require (module.js:364:17) > [gary@gary chat]$ ll > total 16 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 gary gary 1934 Mar 2 14:18 index.js > -rw-rw-r-- 1 gary gary 249 Mar 2 14:18 package.json > drwxrwxr-x 2 gary gary 4096 Mar 2 14:18 public > -rw-rw-r-- 1 gary gary 497 Mar 2 14:18 README.md > [gary@gary chat]$ > engine.io isn't packaged in Fedora, so it's not going to be able to find it just from a yum install. You need to run `npm install` in the socket.io checkout directory and it will download all the requires modules into the node_modules folder which then can be used. I just tested this on Fedora 24 with the tutorial socket.io from your original message, in case you are curious.
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