Node.js webserver does not start

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Following Neil Shah guide based on [GUIDE NODE.JS, EXPRESS, JADE][1], I tried to install node.js webserver, but the server does not start... C:\node\nodetest4>npm start > nodetest4@0.0.1 start C:\node\nodetest4 > node ./bin/www C:\node\nodetest4> It finishes just after launching it!! Any clue? This is the log file: 0 info it worked if it ends with ok 1 verbose cli [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe', 1 verbose cli 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js', 1 verbose cli 'start' ] 2 info using npm@1.4.9 3 info using node@v0.10.28 4 verbose node symlink C:\Program Files\nodejs\\node.exe 5 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ] 6 info prestart nodetest3@0.0.1 7 info start nodetest3@0.0.1 8 verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle true 9 error Error: spawn ENOENT 9 error at errnoException (child_process.js:998:11) 9 error at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:789:34) 10 error If you need help, you may report this *entire* log, 10 error including the npm and node versions, at: 10 error 11 error System Windows_NT 6.1.7601 12 error command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "start" 13 error cwd C:\node\nodetest3 14 error node -v v0.10.28 15 error npm -v 1.4.9 16 error syscall spawn 17 error code ENOENT 18 error errno ENOENT 19 verbose exit [ 1, true ] ... And the config list: C:\node\nodetest4>npm config list ; cli configs registry = "
https://registry.npmjs.org/" user-agent = "npm/1.4.9 node/v0.10.28 win32 x64" ; userconfig C:\Users\u0120878.TEN\.npmrc proxy = "http://10.1.56.10:80/" ; builtin config undefined prefix = "C:\\Users\\u0120878.TEN\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm" ; node bin location = C:\Program Files\nodejs\\node.exe ; cwd = C:\node\nodetest4 ; HOME = C:\Users\u0120878.TEN ; 'npm config ls -l' to show all defaults. thanks in advance... Lucas [1]:
http://cwbuecheler.com/web/tutorials/2013/node-express-mongo/

Ioannis Mavroukakis

Are you trying out the code he has posted on
https://github.com/cwbuecheler/node-tutorial-for-frontend-devs ?

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can't try anything if the server does not start

Ioannis Mavroukakis

My point is, did you check out his source tree and attempt to run it unmodified?

Tampong Yooyen

Have you tried running the "npm start" in an evaluated command prompt (i.e. run as administrator)?

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tried as running the cmd as administrator and no luck.

Ioannis Mavroukakis

no admin privileges are required as the sample source is set to run on port 3000. I have checked out everything from his github repo and node runs fine on my machine (without needing admin privs). Did you remember to run npm install before running npm start?

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Sure. Steps: 1- "installing Node.js from their website " 2- npm config set proxy http://10.1.56.10:80 3- npm install -g express 4- npm install -g express-generator 5- express nodetest4 6- cd nodetest4 7- npm install 8- npm start 9- ... and it fails

Ioannis Mavroukakis

that's not quite what I did. - **git clone
https://github.com/cwbuecheler/node-tutorial-for-frontend-devs** - **cd node-tutorial-for-frontend-devs** - **npm install** - **npm start**

Ioannis Mavroukakis

just followed your steps precisely. Still works fine on my end, but I have not set a proxy for npm. Instead i use the HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY environment variables

Ioannis Mavroukakis

also, try setting the debug env variable. Do `set DEBUG=nodetest4` and then `node ./bin/www`

Ioannis Mavroukakis

ENOENT means "no such file or directory" (
https://github.com/joyent/node/blob/master/deps/uv/include/uv.h) Furthermore, the error log you pasted shows the current working directory to be `C:\node\nodetest3` but you're running your application from `nodetest4`? Try enabling DEBUG as such: `set DEBUG=nodetest4` _nodetest4_ should be the name of your application from package.json Then run node: `node ./bin/www`