npm install mongo-migrate not installing mongodb

[newmanw]

Ran npm install and it did not install mongodb.

[afloyd]

You have to install mongodb separately from mongo-migrate... Mongo-migrate just uses mongodb libraries to querying the database

[newmanw]

Sure but if mongo-mongrate (npm) is dependent on mongodb (npm) then it should pull it automatically. I should not have to do npm install mongo-migrate and npm install mongodb. Your module should work out of the box by specifying the dependencies in the package.json.

You specify the mongodb dependency but as a dev dependency:

  "devDependencies": {
    "mongodb": "1.3.19"
  },

This means when I do npm install mongo-migrate, that mongodb 1.3.19 is not pulled in as a dependent module. It is dependent your module will not run without it.

Consider:

  "dependencies": {
    "mongodb": "1.3.19"
  },

You can look at other projects for examples. I.E. when I npm install mongoose I don't have to install all of its deps manually, they are pulled dynamically as they are listed in the dependencies section.

[Vadorequest]

That's true. Obvious, but true.

[jmar777]

+1 for adding the mongodb dependency.

• It's the only sane way I can think of to avoid version compatibility issues between what mongo-migrate needs and what the application itself is using.
• Also, one could in theory be using Node and mongo-migrate just for migrations, and may not even have a larger Node-based project where mongodb is already required.
• Lastly, it's more inline with Node dependency conventions to include the mongodb dependency here, since the module itself does indeed depend on it.

[newmanw]

Is mongodb going to be added a dependency? This really should be done.