Node JS Cannot find module 'node-properties-parser' Error while running as normal user in Amazon Linux

Vaisakh PS picture Vaisakh PS · Aug 31, 2018 · Viewed 8.7k times · Source

I have installed node-properties-parser globally by running npm install -g node-properties-parser as normal user(vaisakh). Then i ran my test.js file with the command node test.js now it's throwing the error

Error: Cannot find module 'node-properties-parser'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:476:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:424:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:504:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/data02/bamboo/test.js:3:12)
    at Module._compile (module.js:577:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:586:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:494:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:453:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:445:3)

I ran the above npm install -g node-properties-parser as root user and run the node test.js here it's working fine. But why it's throwing the error while running as normal user?

Answer

Vaisakh PS picture Vaisakh PS · Aug 31, 2018

Thanks. Finally i found the answer, it's working when in run sudo npm install node-properties-parser without the -g option. But still i don't know why the -g option is not woking, in the docs it's given as install globally.