npm failed to require 'coffeekup' about coffeekup

[davidarkemp]

# npm install coffeekup

# coffee

coffee> coffeekup = require 'coffeekup'

Error: Cannot find module 'coffeekup'
    at Function._resolveFilename (module.js:320:11)
    at Function._load (module.js:266:25)
    at require (module.js:348:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (test.coffee:2:3)
    at Object.<anonymous> (test.coffee:3:4)
    at Module._compile (module.js:404:26)
    at Object.run (.../lib/node/.npm/coffee-script/1.0.1/package/lib/coffee-script.js:55:19)
    at .../lib/node/.npm/coffee-script/1.0.1/package/lib/command.js:115:29
    at .../lib/node/.npm/coffee-script/1.0.1/package/lib/command.js:85:26
    at [object Object].<anonymous> (fs.js:107:5)

[alduro]

I have exactly the same problem.

[valpackett]

Me too :(

[quickredfox]

Temporary Solution, Add:

  "main": "./lib/index"

To package.json... it's been mentioned before and i think there's a patch in one of the pull requests.

[alduro]

ok, it worked!
aldo@macbook ~/local/node/lib/node/.npm/coffeekup > node

require('coffeekup')
{ version: '0.2.2',
compile: [Function],
render: [Function],
adapters: { simple: [Function], meryl: [Function] } }

and index.js has to be:
module.exports = require('./coffeekup')
and not ./lib/coffeekup

Thanks.

[alduro]

well, after upgrade npm to 1.0.3 and having installed modules under $HOME/local/node/lib/node_modules/coffeekup the error is back. Any clue ?

[quickredfox]

My guess would be to conduct an investigation on what has changed in the commonJS packages spec and/or how node's "require" follows those changes or not /w regards to what npm also has to say on that. This was the general path I took to figuring it out the last time, it seems to be as it's just a "living on the edge" kinda bug.

[alduro]

installing coffeekup locally works fine. The problem is when is installed globally.

[mauricemach]

Tested the patch on two machines and still got the issue with or without it. Actually I can't require anything inside the coffee REPL, unless installed globally (in which case even coffeekup works without the patch). Requiring local packages inside the node REPL always works, coffeekup included.

OS: OS X 10.6.8 / Ubuntu 11.04
node: 0.4.8 / 0.4.9
coffeescript: 1.1.1 (both)
npm: 1.0.15 (both)

Jason, does the fix still work for you? How's your environment?

[mauricemach]

Closing since it seems to be fixed in current versions of npm, feel free to reopen if it happens again to you.