title: installing mongoose on debian
body: <p>I have encountered following error while trying install mongoose. </p>
  
  <pre><code>npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mongoose
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/mongoose
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mongoose/-/mongoose-3.6.0rc0.tgz
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/mongoose/-/mongoose-3.6.0rc0.tgz
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/hooks/0.2.1
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mongodb/1.2.11
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/0.1.0
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/sliced/0.0.3
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/muri/0.3.0
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mpromise/0.2.0
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mpath/0.1.1
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/0.1.0
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-0.1.0.tgz
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/sliced/0.0.3
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/hooks/0.2.1
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/muri/0.3.0
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/sliced/-/sliced-0.0.3.tgz
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/hooks/-/hooks-0.2.1.tgz
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/muri/-/muri-0.3.0.tgz
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-0.1.0.tgz
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/mpromise/0.2.0
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mpromise/-/mpromise-0.2.0.tgz
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/mongodb/1.2.11
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/mpath/0.1.1
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mongodb/-/mongodb-1.2.11.tgz
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/hooks/-/hooks-0.2.1.tgz
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mpath/-/mpath-0.1.1.tgz
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/muri/-/muri-0.3.0.tgz
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/mpromise/-/mpromise-0.2.0.tgz
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/mongodb/-/mongodb-1.2.11.tgz
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/mpath/-/mpath-0.1.1.tgz
  npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/sliced/-/sliced-0.0.3.tgz
  npm ERR! error installing mongoose@3.6.0rc0
  npm ERR! error rolling back mongoose@3.6.0rc0 Error: UNKNOWN, unknown error '/home/vlad/node_modules/mongoose'
  
  npm ERR! Unsupported
  npm ERR! Not compatible with your version of node/npm: mongodb@1.2.11
  npm ERR! Required: {"node":"&gt;=0.6.19"}
  npm ERR! Actual:   {"npm":"1.1.0-3","node":"0.6.9"}
  npm ERR! 
  npm ERR! System Linux 3.2.0-4-486
  npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "mongoose"
  npm ERR! cwd /home/vlad
  npm ERR! node -v v0.6.9
  npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-3
  npm ERR! code ENOTSUP
  npm ERR! message Unsupported
  npm ERR! errno {}
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/sliced/0.0.4
  npm ERR! 
  npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
  npm ERR!     /home/vlad/npm-debug.log
  npm not ok
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can someone suggest me how I can solve it?</p>