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I'm testing the Bootstrap framework (from Twitter) and try to build it locally after installing Node.js. It fails because it cannot find the less module (which I have also installed with 'npm install -g less'):

C:\Users\geir\code\bootstrap>make
lessc html/less/bootstrap.less > html/css/bootstrap.css

node.js:201
    throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick
          ^
Error: Cannot find module 'C:\cygdrive\c\Users\geir\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\less\bin\lessc'
    at Function._resolveFilename (module.js:332:11)
    at Function._load (module.js:279:25)
    at Array.0 (module.js:479:10)
    at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:192:40)
Makefile:2: recipe for target `all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 1

The reason why it fails is because "cygdrive\" is prepended to the folder hierarchy when make is looking for the module, I've verified thtat 'lessc' is actually found in C:\Users\geir\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\less\bin\lessc, and I can run it from the commandline.

I've tried the following without any success:

  • Reorder folders in the PATH env variable, so that node.js and npm comes before cygwin - same outcome.
  • Remove cygwin from PATH - make command is stops working.
  • install 'less' with/without '-g' parameter (npm)
  • Reinstall node.js

Anyone clues?

mihai
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Call make from the Cygwin Terminal. Open the Cygwin Terminal, then cd into cygwin's alias for your C:\Users\geir\code\bootstrap folder, then run make:

geir@WINHOSTNAME ~
$cd /cygdrive/c/Users/geir/code/bootstrap
geir@WINHOSTNAME /cygdrive/c/Users/geir/code/bootstrap
$make
Rian Rizvi
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