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text errata - Ch. 1, p. 2, using curl to install npm
i all ready put this on the errata page for your book, but i thought i'd post here for you too.
this is regarding your book, "Node for Front-End Developers," by Garann Means, published by O'Reilly in 2012, ISBN: 9781449318833.
at the top of chapter 1: Getting Node Set Up, page 2, where you say to use this command line to install the node package manager (npm) —
$ curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
when you do that, as of today, 20-May-2014, you get the following error back from npmjs.org —
$ curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 193 100 193 0 0 1431 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1440
sh: line 1: html: No such file or directory
sh: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `<'
'h: line 2: `<head><title>301 Moved Permanently</title></head>
the correct command should be —
$ curl -L http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
the "-L" is for location redirects, the directory for the tarball and install has moved, permanently, at npmjs.org. see —
https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/1641 (look for final answer toward the bottom).
i have also submitted this in your errata page for this book — http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/errata.csp?isbn=0636920023258
best,
— faddah wolf portland, oregon, u.s.a. github.com/faddah
