can't install arangodep

[jsteemann]

Running sudo npm install https://github.com/kaerus/arangodep -g fails with an error.
Here's the debug log:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/local/bin/node',
1 verbose cli   '/usr/local/bin/npm',
1 verbose cli   'install',
1 verbose cli   'https://github.com/kaerus/arangodep',
1 verbose cli   '-g' ]
2 info using npm@1.1.59
3 info using node@v0.8.8
4 verbose read json /usr/local/lib/package.json
5 verbose read json /usr/local/lib/package.json
6 verbose cache add [ 'https://github.com/kaerus/arangodep', null ]
7 silly cache add name=undefined spec="https://github.com/kaerus/arangodep" args=["https://github.com/kaerus/arangodep",null]
8 verbose parsed url { protocol: 'https:',
8 verbose parsed url   slashes: true,
8 verbose parsed url   host: 'github.com',
8 verbose parsed url   hostname: 'github.com',
8 verbose parsed url   href: 'https://github.com/kaerus/arangodep',
8 verbose parsed url   pathname: '/kaerus/arangodep',
8 verbose parsed url   path: '/kaerus/arangodep' }
9 silly lockFile 3671d24b-ttps-github-com-kaerus-arangodep https://github.com/kaerus/arangodep
10 verbose lock https://github.com/kaerus/arangodep /root/.npm/3671d24b-ttps-github-com-kaerus-arangodep.lock
11 verbose addRemoteTarball [ 'https://github.com/kaerus/arangodep', null ]
12 info retry fetch attempt 1 at 15:47:22
13 verbose fetch to= /root/tmp/npm-13122/1350308842271-0.5947079856414348/tmp.tgz
14 http GET https://github.com/kaerus/arangodep
15 http 200 https://github.com/kaerus/arangodep
16 verbose tar unpack /root/tmp/npm-13122/1350308842271-0.5947079856414348/tmp.tgz
17 silly lockFile 094829e8-42271-0-5947079856414348-package /root/tmp/npm-13122/1350308842271-0.5947079856414348/package
18 verbose lock /root/tmp/npm-13122/1350308842271-0.5947079856414348/package /root/.npm/094829e8-42271-0-5947079856414348-package.lock
19 silly gunzTarPerm modes [ '777', '666' ]
20 verbose read json /root/tmp/npm-13122/1350308842271-0.5947079856414348/package/package.json
21 error not a package /root/tmp/npm-13122/1350308842271-0.5947079856414348/tmp.tgz
22 silly lockFile 094829e8-42271-0-5947079856414348-package /root/tmp/npm-13122/1350308842271-0.5947079856414348/package
23 silly lockFile 3671d24b-ttps-github-com-kaerus-arangodep https://github.com/kaerus/arangodep
24 error Error: ENOENT, open '/root/tmp/npm-13122/1350308842271-0.5947079856414348/package/package.json'
25 error If you need help, you may report this log at:
25 error     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
25 error or email it to:
25 error     <npm-@googlegroups.com>
26 error System Linux 2.6.37.6-0.11-desktop
27 error command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "https://github.com/kaerus/arangodep" "-g"
28 error cwd /home/triagens03/steemann
29 error node -v v0.8.8
30 error npm -v 1.1.59
31 error path /root/tmp/npm-13122/1350308842271-0.5947079856414348/package/package.json
32 error code ENOENT
33 error errno 34
34 verbose exit [ 34, true ]

The directory at location /root/tmp/npm-13122/1350308842271-0.5947079856414348/package/ does not have a file "package.json" in it, just "index.js".
The file /root/tmp/npm-13122/1350308842271-0.5947079856414348/tmp.tgz contains HTML only.

What am I doing wrong?

[kaerus]

sorry, there was a bug in the Readme, use git

sudo  npm install git://github.com/kaerus/arangodep -g

[jsteemann]

That worked. Thanks.