Cannot install http-server on windows

Question

I've just installed node js from the msi installer. I get this error when i run "npm install http-server –g":

C:\dev\workspace_professional_web_development>npm install http-server –g
npm ERR! addLocal Could not install C:\dev\workspace_professional_web_development\–g
npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "http-server" "–g"
npm ERR! node v4.2.1
npm ERR! npm  v2.14.7
npm ERR! path C:\dev\workspace_professional_web_development\–g
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -4058
npm ERR! syscall open

npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\dev\workspace_professional_web_development\–g'
npm ERR! enoent This is most likely not a problem with npm itself
npm ERR! enoent and is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent

Is this a bug or is there something wrong with my setup?

Answer 1

The '–' you're using is incorrect and the source of your error. It appears to be an EM DASH rather than a hyphen '-'

Note that you can tell the difference visually between the two: – -

Likely it's a copy&paste error from the website or something similar