LearnBoost/socket.io — Issue #672: i wanna detailed installation method for socket.io! please help!
Author: JindongJung
Created: 2011-11-30 16:29:20+00:00
State: open

Hola ! :)

I'm web developer from Korea.
i don't know about nodeJS well . but i want to make realtime chatting web application.
so , i'm tried installing socket.io on linux . the linux is SULinux realease 2.0 ( kernel version : 2.6.18-192 ) .
and the nodeJS version is v0.6.3.

at first , i've installed NPM through Github. the version was 1.1.0-alpha-2.

and , according to socket.io official homepage , they said like "just input one-line-command , that's all! :)"
so i tried command . the command was " npm install socket.io " .

unfotunenately .. the command didn't work ..

so ... exactly i want is , DETAILED infomations about installing socket.io .
frankly speaking , socket.io is too difficult to install for rookies like me .. T_T

think about this situation :
I have linux machine , all package which related with socket.io are not installed. even nodeJs.
I heard about nodeJS and socket.io yesterday.

how explain about installation for socket.io ?

please help... actually , "I" of that situation is me ..T_T