I have installed node.js v0.8.8 both from the pkg installer and compiled from source. Yet I get the following error when trying to run npm. Any help would be appreciated.
> $ npm --help
>
> /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/config-defs.js:5 , stdio =
> process.binding("stdio")
> ^ Error: No such module
> at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/config-defs.js:5:21)
> at Module._compile (module.js:449:26)
> at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:467:10)
> at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
> at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
> at Module.require (module.js:362:17)
> at require (module.js:378:17)
> at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/ini.js:43:18)
> at Module._compile (module.js:449:26)
> at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:467:10)
You are most likely using an old NPM version somehow.
see: npm issue