error installing/running Meteor with MySQL

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I have installed Meteorite on my mac, and am trying to run the test program provided as a mysql project. When I use the command 'mrt', I get:

Stand back while Meteorite does its thing

Done installing smart packages

Ok, everything's ready. Here comes Meteor!

[[[[[ /Users/lfrey/Desktop/Thesis/test-meteor-sql ]]]]]

=> Errors prevented startup:

While building the application: node_modules/meteor/app/lib/unsupported.html:1: Can't set DOCTYPE here. (Meteor sets for you) node_modules/meteor/app/meteor/meteor.js:1:15: Unexpected token ILLEGAL

=> Your application has errors. Waiting for file change.

I have tried re-installing nom, meteor, meteorite, and mysql in various combinations and have not been able to eliminate the error. If I remove the command, then I get an error about invalid HTML syntax.

Googling the 'Can't set DOCTYPE here' error with meteor has a bunch of people saying 'rm -rf node_modules' worked for them. If node_modules is in fact in your app's root directory that does seem like a problem — shambles
– shambles, Commented Jan 8, 2014 at 23:23

Tarang · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-09 10:14:05Z

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Your app might not be created properly. You have a node_modules directory in your application which you might have added with npm install.

Meteor does not install modules with npm install manually, it doesn't work because it parses files in the node_moules directory as part of your meteor app (in the wrong way - not as an npm module).

You have to make sure the package you use uses Npm.depends in your package's package.js. The standard Meteor-SQL package already does this for you so you don't have to worry about it.

Which SQL package did you use? As far as I can see none of them install anything with npm install nor do they have instructions to.

The simple fix to get your app working is to remove the modules you installed by deleting the node_modules directory in your app.

answered Jan 9, 2014 at 10:14

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