I installed NPM without problems but whenever I try to install a module the terminal just hangs and does nothing (at least it seems like it does nothing …)
I waited for 5 mins but nothing changes.

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using node version 0.5.4-pre and npm 1.0.23
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downgraded to node 0.4.10 and now everything is working alright.