# I am going to create my first node using node red docs

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**Created:** [12 August 2023 07:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-am-going-to-create-my-first-node-using-node-red-docs/80514 "2023-08-12T07:00:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [12 August 2023 09:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-am-going-to-create-my-first-node-using-node-red-docs/80514/3 "2023-08-12T09:01:56Z")

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@bubainayak1 the path you pass to `npm install` must either be a relative path starting with `./` or an absolute path `c:\Users....`

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