> cd /opt
> wget http://nodejs.tchol.org/repocfg/el/nodejs-stable-release.noarch.rpm
> yum -y localinstall --nogpgcheck nodejs-stable-release.noarch.rpm
> yum -y install nodejs-compat-symlinks npm
> rm -f nodejs-stable-release.noarch.rpm

> it worked fine. then i found out there is a repo (yum removed before):

> cd /etc/yum.repos.d
> wget http://nodejs.tchol.org/repocfg/el/nodejs-stable.repo
> yum update
> yum install --nogpgcheck nodejs-stable-release.noarch
> yum install nodejs-compat-symlinks npm

> it's installing the same version (0.6.18), but now I can't install nothing
> using npm!?
> i've tried to remove all using:

> rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/nodejs*.*
> yum remove nodejs nodejs-stable-release.noarch nodejs-compat-symlinks npm

> and then reinstalled the old way, but now everytime i install, no matters if
> using repo or not, i get the following error when trying to do:

> npm install express

> or even when I try to simply do: npm update

> npm update

> npm ERR! Error: Cannot find module 'block-stream'
> npm ERR!     at Function._resolveFilename (module.js:337:11)
> npm ERR!     at Function._load (module.js:279:25)
> npm ERR!     at Module.require (module.js:359:17)
> npm ERR!     at require (module.js:375:17)
> npm ERR!     at Object.<anonymous>
> (/usr/lib/nodejs/tar/lib/entry-writer.js:7:19)
> npm ERR!     at Module._compile (module.js:446:26)
> npm ERR!     at Object..js (module.js:464:10)
> npm ERR!     at Module.load (module.js:353:31)
> npm ERR!     at Function._load (module.js:311:12)
> npm ERR!     at Module.require (module.js:359:17)
> npm ERR! You may report this log at:
> npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
> npm ERR! or email it to:
> npm ERR!     <npm-@googlegroups.com>
> npm ERR!
> npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.32-220.23.1.el6.x86_64
> npm ERR! command "nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "update"
> npm ERR! cwd /root
> npm ERR! node -v v0.6.18
> npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.19
> npm ERR! message Cannot find module 'block-stream'
> npm ERR!
> npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
> npm ERR!     /root/npm-debug.log
> npm not ok

> i found that /usr/lib/nodejs/npm/npmrc is having the following lines:

> globalignorefile = /etc/npmignore
> globalconfig = /etc/npmrc

> but no such file (/etc/npmrc) exists on my system, reinstall node.js not
> helps.

> does anyone knows what the problem is?

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>> i've install node.js on centos minimal 6.2 using the manual:

> I would personally just try building and installing from source
> (`./configure && make && sudo make install`). The latest versions come with
> npm bundled, so you don't have to worry about having to install anything
> else.

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