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npm ERR! Error installing optimist@=0.1.1
npm ERR! Error: Failed to parse json
npm ERR! Unexpected token }
npm ERR! at jsonParseFail (/usr/local/lib/node/.npm/npm/0.3.17/package/lib/utils/read-json
npm ERR! at /usr/local/lib/node/.npm/npm/0.3.17/package/lib/utils/read-json.js:82:14
npm ERR! at P (/usr/local/lib/node/.npm/npm/0.3.17/package/lib/utils/read-js
npm ERR! at cb (/usr/local/lib/node/.npm/npm/0.3.17/package/lib/utils/gracef
npm ERR! at [object Object].<anonymous> (fs.js:107:5)
npm ERR! at [object Object].emit (events.js:61:17)
npm ERR! at afterRead (fs.js:864:12)
npm ERR! JSON.parse
npm ERR! JSON.parse Failed to parse package.json data.
npm ERR! JSON.parse Note that package.json must be actual JSON, not
npm ERR! JSON.parse just a JavaScript object.
npm ERR! JSON.parse
npm ERR! JSON.parse This changed in npm 0.3.0, and is not a bug in npm.
npm ERR! JSON.parse Tell the package author to fix their package.json file.
npm ERR! JSON.parse
npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.26-2-686
npm ERR! argv { remain:
npm ERR! argv [ 'yeti',
npm ERR! argv 'express@=1.0.0',
npm ERR! argv 'connect@=0.5.0',
npm ERR! argv 'jade@=0.5.7',
npm ERR! argv 'optimist@=0.1.1' ],
npm ERR! argv cooked: [ 'install', 'yeti' ],
npm ERR! argv original: [ 'install', 'yeti' ] }
npm not ok

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