Cygwin Error on npm install

[msaksena]

I download the latest node today and installed on my Windows laptop with a fresh cygwin install. When I tried to install express using npm, I get the following -- the path at which npm is looking is mixed between cygwin paths and windows paths, resulting in failure.

$ npm install -g express

node.js:201
throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick
^
Error: Cannot find module 'C:\cygdrive\c\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js'
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)

Any hints on how to fix this?

Thanks
Manas

[spasche]

Try with npm.cmd instead of npm.

Alternatively, it should work with the cmd interpreter.

[msaksena]

Thanks -- that worked.

[isaacs]

You could also just use npm and node in Windows, rather than in Cygwin. It works fine in the Git Bash shell, as well.