Cannot find node private modules after installing them

Question

for those of you who tried writing private modules in npm, I followed these instructions - https://docs.npmjs.com/private-modules/intro and https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/scoped-packages but my project can't seem to find the project when I require it like this:

var projectName = require("@username/project-name");

I get this error:

Cannot find module '@username/project-name'

Did I miss something or did I do anything wrong? All I ever did was following the instructions on the said links.

Though I also encountered some problems during the installation, I don't know why it's happening:

npm WARN saveError Problems were encountered
npm WARN saveError Please correct and try again.
npm WARN saveError extraneous: browserify-ngannotate@1.0.1 /home/bassist/Workspace/test/test-web/node_modules/browserify-ngannotate
npm WARN saveError extraneous: browserify-shim@3.8.10 /home/bassist/Workspace/test/test-web/node_modules/browserify-shim
npm WARN saveError extraneous: karma-browserify@4.4.0 /home/bassist/Workspace/test/test-web/node_modules/karma-browserify
npm WARN saveError invalid: have pm2-deploy@0.2.1 (expected: latest) /home/bassist/Workspace/test/test-web/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/pm2-deploy
npm WARN saveError extraneous: pm2-deploy@0.2.1 /home/bassist/Workspace/test/test-web/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/pm2-deploy
npm WARN saveError extraneous: watchify@3.4.0 /home/bassist/Workspace/test/test-web/node_modules/watchify
tv4@1.0.18 node_modules/tv4 -> node_modules/pm2/node_modules/pm2-deploy/node_modules/tv4
test-web@0.2.49 /home/bassist/Workspace/test/test-web
└── @username/project-name@1.0.0 

npm WARN optional Skipping failed optional dependency /gulp-nodemon/nodemon/chokidar/fsevents:
npm WARN notsup Not compatible with your operating system or architecture: fsevents@1.0.6
npm WARN optional Skipping failed optional dependency /karma/chokidar/fsevents:
npm WARN notsup Not compatible with your operating system or architecture: fsevents@1.0.6
npm WARN optional Skipping failed optional dependency /karma-browserify/watchify/chokidar/fsevents:
npm WARN notsup Not compatible with your operating system or architecture: fsevents@1.0.6
npm WARN optional Skipping failed optional dependency /pm2/chokidar/fsevents:
npm WARN notsup Not compatible with your operating system or architecture: fsevents@1.0.6
npm WARN optional Skipping failed optional dependency /watchify/chokidar/fsevents:
npm WARN notsup Not compatible with your operating system or architecture: fsevents@1.0.6

Edit: I reinstalled all my node_modules on my main app again and installed my custom module without any problems but still to no avail..

Here's my package.json contents (on the custom module)

{
  "name": "@username/project-name",
  "version": "1.0.3",
  "description": "Separate module which can cater Mongo Data Service, and other services that access the Mongo database",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "Simon Guillen <simonbass@gmail.com>",
  "license": "ISC"
}

Disclaimer: My project is confidential that is why I'm using the @username/package-name as my sample scoped module name.

Yes, followed also the instruction on the above links npm install @username/project-name --save and added this to my package.json on the project I'm working with { "dependencies": { "@username/project-name": "^1.0.0" } } — The Bassman, Feb 03 '16 at 06:40
does your package also have a scoped name in it's `package.json`? — Bas Tuijnman, Feb 03 '16 at 14:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 10 '16 at 03:51

I solved the problem, the problem lies of not placing my code in index.js because what I needed to do was to transfer multiple data-related functions to a separate module which comprises 3 files. So I had to pile up the codes on those 3 files and place them on my index.js

Cannot find node private modules after installing them

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