package.json vs. "npm install %s -g" - node.js

Question

A package.json example:
{
"devDependencies": {
"jasmine-node": ""
}
}
It just won't work. Some errors like the following will appear:
npm ERR! error rolling back Error: UNKNOWN, unlink '/vagrant/x/node_modules/jasmine-node/node_modules/jasmine-reporters/ext/env.rhino.1.2.js'
npm ERR! error rolling back jasmine-node#1.14.5 { [Error: UNKNOWN, unlink '/vagrant/x/node_modules/jasmine-node/node_modules/jasmine-reporters/ext/env.rhino.1.2.js']
npm ERR! error rolling back errno: -1,
npm ERR! error rolling back code: 'UNKNOWN',
npm ERR! error rolling back path: '/vagrant/x/node_modules/jasmine-node/node_modules/jasmine-reporters/ext/env.rhino.1.2.js' }
npm ERR! Error: UNKNOWN, symlink '../coffee-script/bin/coffee'
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this entire log,
npm ERR! including the npm and node versions, at:
npm ERR! http://github.com/npm/npm/issues
But if I do npm install jasmine-node -g, everything install and works seamlessly and I can't see why.
Can someone clarify this question for me?

Answer 1

You can try this:
sudo npm install jasmine-node#1.14.2 -g
Current version is 1.14.3, so it is one version behind.
In package.json try:
{
"devDependencies": {
"jasmine-node": ">=1.14.3"
"jasmine-reporters": "~1.0.0",
}
}

Answer 2

Remove that line from package.json and do npm install --save-dev jasmine-node that will install it and add the correct line in your devDependencies.