title: Installing node-inspector on Windows
body: <p>When I run npm install node-inspector, I get the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>....
  
  GET https://registry.npmjs.org/policyfile/0.0.4
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mime
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/qs
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/formidable
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io-client/0.9.8
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/redis/0.7.2
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/policyfile/0.0.4
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/formidable
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mime
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/qs
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/hiredis
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/uglify-js/1.2.5
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/active-x-obfuscator/0.0.1
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/xmlhttprequest/1.2.2
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/ws
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/hiredis
  
  &gt; hiredis@0.1.14 preinstall C:\apache\expTest\node_modules\node-inspector\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\redis\node_modules\hiredis
  &gt; make || gmake
  
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/uglify-js/1.2.5
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/ws
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/active-x-obfuscator/0.0.1
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/xmlhttprequest/1.2.2
  'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
  operable program or batch file.
  'gmake' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
  operable program or batch file.
  npm ERR! error installing hiredis@0.1.14
  npm ERR! error installing redis@0.7.2
  npm ERR! error installing socket.io@0.9.8
  npm ERR! error rolling back socket.io@0.9.8 Error: UNKNOWN, unknown error 'C:\apache\expTest\node_modules\node-inspector\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\socket.io-client'
  npm ERR! error installing node-inspector@0.2.0beta3
  
  npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\apache\expTest\node_modules\node-inspector\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\socket.io-client\node_modules\___ws.npm\p
  npm ERR! You may report this log at:
  npm ERR!     &lt;http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues&gt;
  npm ERR! or email it to:
  npm ERR!     &lt;npm-@googlegroups.com&gt;
  npm ERR!
  npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
  npm ERR! command "c:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "c:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "node-inspector"
  npm ERR! cwd C:\apache\expTest
  npm ERR! node -v v0.6.11
  npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.1
  npm ERR! path C:\apache\expTest\node_modules\node-inspector\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\socket.io-client\node_modules\___ws.npm\package\lib\Validation.fallback.js
  npm ERR! fstream_path C:\apache\expTest\node_modules\node-inspector\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\socket.io-client\node_modules\___ws.npm\package\lib\Validation.fallbac
  npm ERR! fstream_type File
  npm ERR! fstream_class FileWriter
  npm ERR! code ENOENT
  npm ERR! message ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\apache\expTest\node_modules\node-inspector\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\socket.io-client\node_modules\___ws.npm\
  npm ERR! errno {}
  npm ERR! fstream_stack Object.oncomplete (c:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\fstream\lib\writer.js:204:26)
  npm ERR! error rolling back node-inspector@0.2.0beta3 Error: UNKNOWN, unknown error 'C:\apache\expTest\node_modules\node-inspector\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\socket.
  
  npm ERR! hiredis@0.1.14 preinstall: `make || gmake`
  npm ERR! `cmd "/c" "make || gmake"` failed with 1
  npm ERR!
  npm ERR! Failed at the hiredis@0.1.14 preinstall script.
  npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the hiredis package,
  npm ERR! not with npm itself.
  npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
  npm ERR!     make || gmake
  npm ERR! You can get their info via:
  npm ERR!     npm owner ls hiredis
  npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
  npm ERR!
  npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
  npm ERR! command "c:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "c:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "node-inspector"
  npm ERR! cwd C:\apache\expTest
  npm ERR! node -v v0.6.11
  npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.1
  npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
  npm ERR! message hiredis@0.1.14 preinstall: `make || gmake`
  npm ERR! message `cmd "/c" "make || gmake"` failed with 1
  npm ERR! errno {}
  npm ERR!
  npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
  npm ERR!     C:\apache\expTest\npm-debug.log
  npm not ok
  </code></pre>
  
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  <p>It looks like it is trying to run a nix command at hiredis, which fails, crashing the entire install. Is there any way to get around this? I have heard plenty of Windows users using node-inspector, but perhaps this is a dependency from a newer version. Any ideas?</p>