How can I install this node.js binary/module?

Question

I'd like to use this xml parser but there's absolutely no information on how to install it. It doesn't seem available on npm, and I haven't come across any good instructions through google.

I'm on Debian 5 Lenny, and relatively new to node.js. Someone mentioned to append the NODE_PATH environment variable, but I'm not sure how I should structure it, in terms of choosing WHERE to store my node binaries.

Can someone provide a full example demonstration of setting it up? Including git cloneing if necessary.

PS - I'd like multiple users to use these modules so I don't just want to put this in ~ for myself.

Answer 1

OK, what you need to do is the following

1. Open /etc/bash.bashrc
2. Add the line export NODE_PATH="/usr/local/lib/node" to the end of the file

Note: If you edit the file with a graphical program always use gksudo instead of sudo otherwise you may end up with files that are not root's being owned by root

Now Node will search for modules in /usr/local/lib/node (create it if it doesn't exist, also you need to start a new bash since bashrc is only read on start), next step is to put the stuff there.

1. Get the repo, either by downloading it or cloning it
2. Copy the o3-fastxml folder from node-o3-fastxml/lib into /usr/local/lib/node, so that you have a /usr/local/lib/node/o3-fastxml folder
3. Make sure the files are owned by root but can be read by everyone else

Last step, require the module in Node and check whether everything is working:

require('o3-fastxml') //magic! Gnah, Node will find the folder o3-fastxml on the path and will then find the index.js inside the folder

That should be all that's needed, if I'm not mistaken :)

Just leave a comment if it doesn't work.