npm install not working in windows 7 without giving any error

Question

I am new to node and have installed latest version of nodejs on windows 7 from windows installer for node. For me node install is not working without giving any error. After giving command

npm install -g express

Cursors just waits and waits without showing any error message node(v 0.12.2) and npm(v2.7.4)
Any help is highly appreciated. Thanks!!

Answer 1

had the same problem once, in case you installed some node packages before and there is already an node_modules folder try to delete it manually and rerun the npm install command.

alternatively try to create a package.json file like this:

package.json

{
  "name": "module-name",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "author": "Your Name",
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "4.2.x"
  },
  "license": ""
}

and run npm install in that folder

EDIT: just mentioned you try to install express globally, this is not needed, express is installed via npm install express --save (--save creates a dependency in the package.json file).

npm install express --save

express-generator

Another option would be to install the express-generator ,this one is installed globally ;)

npm install express-generator -g

and generate your initial project this way