Re: [nodejs] Windows - USB Install - Modules

[Dan Milon]

Since this is an application, and you are going to ship it to customers,
why not have node_modules pre installed on the usb drive?

On 08/24/2012 05:20 PM, MikeB_2012 wrote:
> I am trying to create a small app nodejs-based app that runs on a USB
> drive (that will be inserted in to various Windows OS machines). I
> have successfully installed nodejs and couchdb on the drive and have
> tested some basic database scripts. I am now trying to make more
> advanced scripts and so I have tried to make use of the various
> modules available for node.
>
> The installation of modules seems to work seamlessly; npm install
> hasn't failed at all. My problem is, some modules seem to work and
> others throw an error eg. 'Error: Cannot find module 'express''. So,
> 'npm' and 'cradle' work but 'coffee-script' and 'express' throw an
> error despite error free installations. Note that none of the
> installations is global (-g) because that seems to default to an
> installation on a hard drive directory. Also, my initial scripts were
> in a subdirectory of the node directory, whereas the more advanced
> scripts are not. If the latter makes a difference, why? Do I have
> to, and is there a way to, make nodejs and its modules 'global' on the
> USB drive?
>
> TIA for any advice/guidance.
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[Glenn Block]

All you should need to do is run npm ahead of time and then copy the app including the node_modules folder. 

Crate (https://gitcafe.com/hujs/) is a new project that we (Tim Caswell, Jason Denizac and myself) worked on at hujs (http://hujs.org) which creates a self-executing node app package. 

It's a work in progress, but it sounds like it could be used for your scenario.

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Shizza M <sholt...@gmail.com> wrote:

Mike - is there any doco you can refer me to on how to install nodejs on the USB drive?

[Gustavo Machado]

Hi Glenn, neither of those two links seem to be working for me.

gus