node-expat dependency about calipso HOT 7 CLOSED

Thanks, this may be the reason why many are having issues getting it installed.

I'll get the docs updated and see if I can get the install script to check for libexpat1-dev.

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The install script (bin/install.sh) should now check for this and prompt you to find it and install it if you don't have it ...

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I just tried my first install 5 mins ago and had a ton of errors at the 'npm install' stage. starting fresh after installing libexpat1-dev seems to have fixed things, but there was no prompt to go find it.

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Yes, it is really unfortunate but the node-expat library at present assumes that libexpat1-dev is installed. I wrote the install script (bin/install.sh) to try and make it a bit easier, but I haven't tested it widely and so haven't updated the docs to say use this approach as the default.

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Ah, I see. I wasn't even using the script to install was I :) Sorry. And I notice you have an npm package too. oh the confusion :)

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Consider it backing a few camps, and based on feedback we will settle on one
that seems to work for everyone!

On 25 May 2011 20:14, adrinux <
[email protected]>wrote:

Ah, I see. I wasn't even using the script to install was I :) Sorry. And I
notice you have an npm package too. oh the confusion :)

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Ok, this dependency has now been moved out of core, and is explicitly required in the community feeds module. Modules now require their own dependencies via their own package.json, and can be managed via the 'calipso modules check' or 'calipso modules install feeds' commands via the new command line tool.

Their may be issues getting feeds installed, but that will be a seperate issue and can be resolved by documentation for each platform re. installation of expat.

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