node-mysql dependant program runs only in the /node_modules/node-mysql folder

Question

I have a node-mysql program

node db.js

   module.js: 340 
   throw err;

Error: Cannot find module 'mysql'

the error is @

var mysql      = require('mysql'); //for node-mysql

The error goes away and it all works when I run the program in the nodemodules/node-mysql/ directory, which is sort of lame, considering the other packages I have used are nothing like that, I think.

Is it deliberate for security purposes or am I doing it wrong?

I am damn near certain this question has been asked before, however I couldn't find an actual answer when I searched.

Answer 1

You mixed up two different MySQL packages:

• node-mysql, installed with npm install node-mysql;
• mysql, installed with npm install mysql, and on GitHub confusingly called node-mysql;

You installed the first one, which installs in node_modules/node-mysql/ and should be loaded using require('node-mysql').

If you install the second one (which I think you want, anyway), it'll install in node_modules/mysql/ and your code will work as expected.

Answer 2

rename your node_modules/node-mysql to node_modules/mysql. When you require package_name npm searches ./node_modules/package_name, then ../node_modules/package_name etc, then global locations.