Why does wiredep keep removing my bower component?

Question

Whenever the wiredep grunt task runs, it removes socketio.

~/.g/p/g/g/s/b/f/brody % git diff
diff --git a/app/app/index.html b/app/app/index.html
index 9abc970..f9dd603 100644
--- a/app/app/index.html
+++ b/app/app/index.html
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
     <!-- build:js(.) scripts/vendor.js -->
     <!-- bower:js -->
     <script src="bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.js"></script>
-    <script src="bower_components/socket.io-client/socket.io.js"></script>
     <script src="bower_components/angular/angular.js"></script>
     <script src="bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js"></script>
     <script src="bower_components/angular-animate/angular-animate.js"></script>
diff --git a/app/test/karma.conf.js b/app/test/karma.conf.js
index 710f26a..ab51cc6 100644
--- a/app/test/karma.conf.js
+++ b/app/test/karma.conf.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ module.exports = function(config) {
     files: [
       // bower:js
       'bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.js',
-      'bower_components/socket.io-client/socket.io.js',
       'bower_components/angular/angular.js',
       'bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js',
       'bower_components/angular-animate/angular-animate.js',
~/.g/p/g/g/s/b/f/brody %

I have had socketio installed via

bower install socket.io-client --save

And the package is in my bower.json

{
  "name": "app",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "dependencies": {
    "socket.io-client": "~1.3.4",
    "angular": "^1.3.0",
    "bootstrap": "^3.2.0",
    "angular-animate": "^1.3.0",
    "angular-aria": "^1.3.0",
    "angular-cookies": "^1.3.0",
    "angular-messages": "^1.3.0",
    "angular-resource": "^1.3.0",
    "angular-route": "^1.3.0",
    "angular-sanitize": "^1.3.0",
    "angular-touch": "^1.3.0",
    "angular-socket-io": "~0.7.0",
    "message-center": "https://github.com/mateu-aguilo-bosch/message-center.git#~1.1.4"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "angular-mocks": "^1.3.0"
  },
  "appPath": "app",
  "moduleName": "appApp"
}

When I run bower install nothing changes.

The app builds fine on my mac, but for some crazy reason, it keeps removing socketio and fails to build on my ubuntu machine.

From what I can tell, the actual package name in bower is `sio-client`. So try `"sio-client": "~1.3.4"` (My bower search: http://bower.io/search/?q=socket.io-client ) — JAAulde, Mar 22 '15 at 20:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 22 '15 at 20:50

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Searching for socket.io-client on bower produces a package named sio-client, but nothing named socket.io-client.

Try:

"sio-client": "~1.3.4"

in your bower.json and it should straighten out.

answered Mar 22 '15 at 20:50

JAAulde

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What boggles my mind is, why the hell does 'socket.io-client' work on my mac. Maybe the package used to exist but got renamed or something. – if __name__ is None Mar 22 '15 at 21:01
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing, and arrived at the same guess. :) – JAAulde Mar 22 '15 at 21:03

Why does wiredep keep removing my bower component?

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