why I cannot use socket.io module if install globally

Asked Feb 28 '15 at 15:37

Active Feb 28 '15 at 16:51

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I just want to ask why I cannot use the module of socket.io if I install this globally, I am new in socket.io, I tried to execute this command "npm install socket.io" to this C:\Users\username>npm install socket.io but then after It installed and run my app.js.I get error cannot find socket.io module..but when I run command "npm install socket.io" where my app.js is located it works fine.

I have this version of node.js v0.12.0

Thank you in advance.

edited Feb 28 '15 at 16:51

asked Feb 28 '15 at 15:37

jemz

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Do you mean "npm install socket.io"? – HeadCode Feb 28 '15 at 16:39
sorry for that it should npm,I will update my post – jemz Feb 28 '15 at 16:50
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possible duplicate of [NodeJS require a global module/package](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15636367/nodejs-require-a-global-module-package) – Leonid Beschastny Feb 28 '15 at 17:10
On windows, this is usually because some environment variable that is supposed to point at the global repository is not set correctly. – jfriend00 Feb 28 '15 at 17:25
@frined00, so it should be install where my app.js resides – jemz Feb 28 '15 at 17:26
@jfriend00,how to set this correctly the path can you help me please – jemz Mar 01 '15 at 05:20
I don't know. You'll have to do some research on settings up NPM on windows. It should all be documented somewhere. – jfriend00 Mar 01 '15 at 05:23
@jfriend00, I set now to the windows environment varialbe like this---> ;C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ but it doesn't work – jemz Mar 01 '15 at 05:25

why I cannot use socket.io module if install globally

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