Error while creating a loopback application in strongloop

Question

I have installed all the dependency for strongloop, e.g nodejs v0.12.0 and npm 2.5.1, and of course the strongloop using:

npm install strongloop 

as its mentioned in their getting started page,and I can see the node_modules have been created for the strongloop however when I try to create a loopback application by using:

slc loopback 

I keep getting this error:

Error loading module "loopback": [Error: Module did not self-register.]

Answer 1

apparently I have to add the -g flag during installation, I have been looking inside the docs about if it has a special meaning, I guess its used for global installation which I am kinda not a fan of! however it worked afterwards

Answer 2

Install strongloop globally using command: npm install -g strongloop

Then use: slc loopback

If you still get the error then go to:

C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming

and delete the npm and npm-cache folders then re-install the strongloop.