node.js install error require(‘http’);

Question

I'm installing node.js on Ubuntu as per these instructions ( http://nodenode.com/post/1197688151/installing-node-js-on-ubuntu-screencast-tutorial )

and I'm recieving the following errors on the final step

I type node hello_node.js

my terminal replies

/home/joe/tmp/hello_node/hello_node.js:1
require(‘http’);
    ^

 node.js:201
    throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick
          ^
 SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL
     at Module._compile (module.js:427:25)
      at Object..js (module.js:450:10)
  at Module.load (module.js:351:31)
  at Function._load (module.js:310:12)
  at Array.0 (module.js:470:10)
  at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:192:40)

So, it seems I 'require' http. Am I doing something wrong... or worse, stupid?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 16 '12 at 20:42

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You're not using normal single quotes. You have:

require(‘http’);

It should be:

require('http');

answered May 16 '12 at 20:42

Matthew Flaschen

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Sometimes life is so easy. Thanks for the spot! Annoyingly I just copypasted the code from the blog. That's what killed me! – Joseph May 16 '12 at 20:46
just waiting for the time limit – Joseph May 16 '12 at 21:18
more than 3 yrs after the answer ... it still continues to save someone's life :P thank you for the answer :) – rajugaadu Jan 05 '16 at 06:46

node.js install error require(‘http’);

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