I'm getting this error Invalid Directory /Users/node_modules/superagent with a React Native project. I'm not sure why it would be looking for the module in this location? How can I fix this to search for the module inside the node_modules directory of the React Native project where it is actually located?
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Spencer Pope
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I'm getting the same thing but for Firebase with React Native. – Tyler McGinnis Nov 22 '15 at 23:46
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Getting the same thing for the `events` module – Louis Nov 23 '15 at 04:52
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My fix was restarting the Node server, hadn't done so since the `npm install` command – Louis Nov 23 '15 at 04:58
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I'm having the same issue. Are you using a .babel_rc file? I have the feeling it's related to that. – JWindey Nov 23 '15 at 10:54
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How are you requiring `superagent` (assuming you're explicitly including it at all)? – Mark Amery Nov 23 '15 at 15:18
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@MarkAmery I'm just doing `var superagent = require('superagent'); ` the same way I include all my modules. – Spencer Pope Nov 23 '15 at 15:53
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@JWindey I don't think I am using a .babel_rc file. Should I be? – Spencer Pope Nov 23 '15 at 18:17
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The problem is npm3. You have to downgrade it to npm2 because the flattened packages don't seem to work yet with react-native.
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1I was about to say "[this guy seems to have the same issue, and have reached the same conclusion about how to fix it](https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/4296)" but then I noticed that he was you. – Mark Amery Nov 23 '15 at 14:58
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Is there a specific version of npm I should use. I tried just doing `npm install -g npm@latest-2` but that didn't seem to fix anything. – Spencer Pope Nov 23 '15 at 15:57
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Maybe try npm@2 instead of latest-2? Also don't forget to remove your node_modules folder before doing npm i again. I also discovered this error when you run a project that contains another package.json in one of the subfolders. Verify that too. – JWindey Nov 24 '15 at 05:53
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I may be running into a similar issue over at Using PubNub with React Native
I used nvm to downgrade to Node v4.2.2 and then npm dropped itself automatically to 2.14.7. Re-created the React Native project (using react-native init) so that there was no longer a flat modules directory. However, still getting the same error when requiring.
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Node js have group of possible folders that can contain modules. When you install one module sometimes module can be dependent to other modules. I spend all day to understand that. You have to install this dependancies manual. In your case npm install -S superagent. It is showing error as missing path in /Users/node_modules because this is the last element of array full with possible paths that can contain modules (for MAC).
Full list of paths by OS : https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-paths
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