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Installing express with npm: failure

envgap__expressjs__express-1111

Original GitHub issue ↗Opened 2012-04-26

01 / FAILURE SIGNATURE

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npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, open '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/express/node_modules/connect/node_modules/formidable/package.json'
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03 / ORIGINAL ISSUE TEXT

expressjs/express #1111 · read the original issue
I'm on Mac OSX Lion.

Here is the log: 

```
Andy-Joslin:projects atjoslin$ npm install -g express
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/express
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/express
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/connect
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mime/1.2.4
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/qs
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/0.3.0
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/0.3.0
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/connect
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/qs
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mime/1.2.4
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/formidable
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/formidable

npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, open '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/express/node_modules/connect/node_modules/formidable/package.json'
npm ERR! You may report this log at:
npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR!     <npm-@googlegroups.com>
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! System Darwin 11.3.0
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "express"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/atjoslin/projects
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.13
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.9
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/express/node_modules/connect/node_modules/formidable/package.json
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! message ENOENT, open '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/express/node_modules/connect/node_modules/formidable/package.json'
npm ERR! errno {}
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/atjoslin/projects/npm-debug.log
npm not ok
```
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