# OSC installation help

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/osc-installation-help/8653>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [6 March 2019 00:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/osc-installation-help/8653 "2019-03-06T00:50:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Gaze\_80](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gaze_80/32/6499_2.png) [@Gaze\_80](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Gaze_80)\
**Post date:** [6 March 2019 00:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/osc-installation-help/8653/1 "2019-03-06T00:50:13Z")

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hi!

im fairly new to using node-red and npm. im having a little trouble installing the osc node and i was wondering if i could get some insight as to what exactly my errors are with this install. i have copied and pasted the npm error log on here.

0 info it worked if it ends with ok  
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/local/bin/node',  
1 verbose cli '/usr/local/bin/npm',  
1 verbose cli 'install',  
1 verbose cli 'node-red-contrib-osc' ]  
2 info using npm@6.7.0  
3 info using node@v11.10.1  
4 verbose npm-session 6d8dd15266cb71df  
5 silly install loadCurrentTree  
6 silly install readLocalPackageData  
7 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for node-red-contrib-osc@file:node\_modules/node-red-contrib-osc Could not install from "node\_modules/node-red-contrib-osc" as i  
t does not contain a package.json file.  
8 timing stage:rollbackFailedOptional Completed in 1ms  
9 timing stage:runTopLevelLifecycles Completed in 1340ms  
10 verbose stack Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/"----"/.node-red/node\_modules/node\_modules/node-red-contrib-osc/package.json'  
11 verbose cwd /Users/"----"/.node-red/node\_modules  
12 verbose Darwin 18.2.0  
13 verbose argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "node-red-contrib-osc"  
14 verbose node v11.10.1  
15 verbose npm v6.7.0  
16 error code ENOLOCAL  
17 error Could not install from "node\_modules/node-red-contrib-osc" as it does not contain a package.json file.  
18 verbose exit [1, true]

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**Author:** ![ukmoose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ukmoose/32/13_2.png) [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)\
**Post date:** [6 March 2019 07:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/osc-installation-help/8653/2 "2019-03-06T07:05:05Z")

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Have you tried with the recommended versions of nodejs? see the docs on the website

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [6 March 2019 07:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/osc-installation-help/8653/3 "2019-03-06T07:16:21Z")

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The version of node has nothing to do with the actual error message.

Exactly what npm command have you run to get this log?

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**Author:** ![Gaze\_80](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gaze_80/32/6499_2.png) [@Gaze\_80](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Gaze_80)\
**Post date:** [6 March 2019 15:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/osc-installation-help/8653/4 "2019-03-06T15:42:40Z")

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im running the command:  
npm install node-red-contrib-osc

also, i did try installing this from "manage palette" in user settings and got the same error message.

in addition, i am using midnight commander to navigate to the node module path and then running the command once i am in that path. would this make any difference? im assuming this would be the same manually setting the directory path for this installation.