isaacs/npm — Issue #2200: npm fails to install restify on Kubuntu 11.10
Author: fwinter555
Created: 2012-02-24 20:54:32+00:00
State: open

npm told me to post this, so I did...

flw@ubuntu:~/at/server/scripts$ npm install restify
npm WARN publish-everything restify@0.3.15 Adding entire directory to tarball. Please add a
npm WARN publish-everything restify@0.3.15 .npmignore or specify a 'files' array in the package.json
npm ERR! Error: Using '>=' with 0.4.x makes no sense. Don't do it.
npm ERR! at /usr/share/npm/lib/utils/semver.js:94:29
npm ERR! at String.replace (native)
npm ERR! at replaceXRange (/usr/share/npm/lib/utils/semver.js:88:25)
npm ERR! at Array.map (native)
npm ERR! at replaceXRanges (/usr/share/npm/lib/utils/semver.js:84:17)
npm ERR! at Array.map (native)
npm ERR! at toComparators (/usr/share/npm/lib/utils/semver.js:66:8)
npm ERR! at Object.validRange (/usr/share/npm/lib/utils/semver.js:138:11)
npm ERR! at testEngine (/usr/share/npm/lib/utils/read-json.js:244:44)
npm ERR! at /usr/share/npm/lib/utils/read-json.js:183:10
npm ERR! Report this *entire* log at
npm ERR! or email it to
npm ERR! Just tweeting a tiny part of the error will not be helpful.
npm not ok