Unable to use node package manager on windows

[thynquest]

Hello there,

I'm trying to use node-xmpp-bosh in order to set up a bosh connector. I've already intalled node.js which come with npm. however, when I execute the command "npm install node-xmpp-bosh" I have the following error .

npm ERR! registry error parsing json
npm ERR! SyntaxError: Unexpected token A
npm ERR! RESTRICTED ACCESS
npm ERR! at Object.parse (native)
npm ERR! at RegClient. (E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-registry-client\lib\request.js:235:23
)
npm ERR! at Request.self.callback (E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\request\index.js:142:22)
npm ERR! at Request.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
npm ERR! at Request. (E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\request\index.js:856:14)
npm ERR! at Request.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:117:20)
npm ERR! at IncomingMessage. (E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\request\index.js:808:12)
npm ERR! at IncomingMessage.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:117:20)
npm ERR! at _stream_readable.js:883:14
npm ERR! at process._tickCallback (node.js:415:13)
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
npm ERR! http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! [email protected]

npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.0.6002
npm ERR! command "E:\nodeJs\node.exe" "E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "node-xmpp-bosh"
npm ERR! cwd E:\nodeJs
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.4
npm ERR! npm -v TypeError: Cannot read property 'node' of undefined
npm ERR! npm -v at E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\lib\npm.js:60:38
npm ERR! npm -v at Object. (E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\lib\npm.js:511:3)
npm ERR! npm -v at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
npm ERR! npm -v at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
npm ERR! npm -v at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
npm ERR! npm -v at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
npm ERR! npm -v at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
npm ERR! npm -v at require (module.js:380:17)
npm ERR! npm -v at E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js:24:11
npm ERR! npm -v at Object. (E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js:86:3)
npm ERR! npm -v [TypeError: Cannot read property 'node' of undefined]
npm ERR! type unexpected_token
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! E:\nodeJs\npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

Then I thought may be it is the json data which is wrong; so I copied the resulted json format and validated with "http://jsonlint.com/" .. no error was detected.

then I created a package.json file, pasted the json in it, and launched the command "npm install" at the folder where I created the package.json file .. that didn't work either and this is what I have.

npm ERR! install Couldn't read dependencies
npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, open 'E:\nodeJs\package.json'
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
npm ERR! http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! [email protected]

npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.0.6002
npm ERR! command "E:\nodeJs\node.exe" "E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install"
npm ERR! cwd E:\nodeJs
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.4
npm ERR! npm -v TypeError: Cannot read property 'node' of undefined
npm ERR! npm -v at E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\lib\npm.js:60:38
npm ERR! npm -v at Object. (E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\lib\npm.js:511:3)
npm ERR! npm -v at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
npm ERR! npm -v at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
npm ERR! npm -v at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
npm ERR! npm -v at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
npm ERR! npm -v at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
npm ERR! npm -v at require (module.js:380:17)
npm ERR! npm -v at E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js:24:11
npm ERR! npm -v at Object. (E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js:86:3)
npm ERR! npm -v [TypeError: Cannot read property 'node' of undefined]
npm ERR! path E:\nodeJs\package.json
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno 34
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! E:\nodeJs\npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

I don't know what I did wrong .. so any help would be appreciated

Thank you

[dhruvbird]

Please could you post the contents of the file E:\nodeJs\npm-debug.log
here?

[dhruvbird]

This also might be a good idea:

npm ERR! install Couldn't read dependencies
npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, open 'E:\nodeJs\package.json'
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
npm ERR! http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! [email protected]

[thynquest]

Ok I've found the solution .. actually when I've set the proxy variable in the .npmrc file with registry = "http://registry.npmjs.org/" instead of "registry = https://registry.npmjs.org/" .. and added the "proxy" variable with the following "http://domain\login:password@proxy_IP:port/" .. but now I'm facing another problem .. when I launch the "npm install node-xmpp-bosh" command all the packages seems to be downloaded well .. but I get the following error : "Failed at the [email protected] install script.This is most likely a problem with the node-expat package," .. so I would like to know if there is a way to get around it by getting an older package or something ?

Thank you for your help

[thynquest]

this is the entire error

gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: spawn ENOENT
gyp ERR! stack at errnoException (child_process.js:975:11)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:766:34)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.0.6002
gyp ERR! command "node" "E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd E:\nodeJs\node_modules\node-xmpp-bosh\node_modules\node-expat
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.4
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.9.5
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! [email protected] install: node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! cmd "/c" "node-gyp rebuild" failed with 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the node-expat package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls node-expat
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.0.6002
npm ERR! command "E:\nodeJs\node.exe" "E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "node-x
mpp-bosh"
npm ERR! cwd E:\nodeJs
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.4
npm ERR! npm -v TypeError: Cannot read property 'node' of undefined
npm ERR! npm -v at E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\lib\npm.js:60:38
npm ERR! npm -v at Object. (E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\lib\npm.js:511:3)
npm ERR! npm -v at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
npm ERR! npm -v at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
npm ERR! npm -v at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
npm ERR! npm -v at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
npm ERR! npm -v at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
npm ERR! npm -v at require (module.js:380:17)
npm ERR! npm -v at E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js:24:11
npm ERR! npm -v at Object. (E:\nodeJs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js:86:3)
npm ERR! npm -v [TypeError: Cannot read property 'node' of undefined]
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! E:\nodeJs\npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

[dhruvbird]

This might be helpful: http://mindon.github.io/blog/2012/06/11/build-node-expat-under-windows/
If not, try opening up an issue on the node-expat page.