# Forest-express missing in subfolder node\_modules of forest-express-sequelize@8.5.12

**URL:** <https://community.forestadmin.com/t/forest-express-missing-in-subfolder-node-modules-of-forest-express-sequelize-8-5-12/5190>\
**Category:** Help me!\
**Created:** [September 1, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/forest-express-missing-in-subfolder-node-modules-of-forest-express-sequelize-8-5-12/5190 "2022-09-01T17:28:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Louis-Marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@Louis-Marie](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/Louis-Marie)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/forest-express-missing-in-subfolder-node-modules-of-forest-express-sequelize-8-5-12/5190/1 "2022-09-01T17:28:49Z")

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Hi team,

Following ticket [Message "Forbidden" when trying to create a chart - #10 by morganperre](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/message-forbidden-when-trying-to-create-a-chart/5129/10)  
I am trying to install the last release of `forest-express-sequelize@8.5.12`

Unfortunately, I have some problems to install it properly.  
After installing the last release, the forest-express module is missing from forest-express-sequelize/node\_modules

## Feature(s) impacted

I need the forest-express submodule in the dependencies of forest-express-sequelize in order to use the documented workaround for using case insensitive searches in filters.

## Illustration below.

### with forest-express-sequelize@8.5.11

```javascript
# npm install forest-express-sequelize@8.5.11

+ forest-express-sequelize@8.5.11
added 19 packages from 26 contributors, updated 1 package, moved 2 packages and audited 775 packages in 8.263s
...

# ls node_modules/forest-express-sequelize/node_modules/
'@babel'/ core-js/ inherits/ jsonapi-serializer/ one-time/ semver/ winston/
 async/ forest-express/ ipaddr.js/ lodash/ readable-stream/ string_decoder/
 bluebird/ http-errors/ is-stream/ moment-timezone/ safe-buffer/ uuid/

```

**`forest-express`** is present in `node_modules` subfolder of `forest-express-sequelize`

### with forest-express-sequelize@8.5.12

```javascript
# npm install forest-express-sequelize@8.5.12

+ forest-express-sequelize@8.5.12
removed 19 packages, updated 1 package, moved 2 packages and audited 756 packages in 5.124s

...

# ls node_modules/forest-express-sequelize/node_modules/
'@babel'/ bluebird/ core-js/ depd/ http-errors/ lodash/ semver/ setprototypeof/

```

**`forest-express`** is **NOT** present in `node_modules` subfolder of `forest-express-sequelize`

I have no idea why this occurs.

## Context

Here is my current setup:

- Project name: MyPocket
- Environment name: Development

Before the upgrade

```javascript
  "meta": {
    "liana": "forest-express-sequelize",
    "liana_version": "8.5.11",
    "stack": {
      "database_type": "multiple",
      "engine": "nodejs",
      "engine_version": "14.17.0" (npm 6.14.13)
      "orm_version": "5.22.3"
    }
  }

```

I cannot start the server with upgraded release because of the missing dependency.

I also tested with nodejs 14.20.0 (npm 6.14.17), but I had the same issue.

Thanks in advance  
Louis-Marie

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**Author:** ![GuillaumeGautreau](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/guillaumegautreau/32/557_2.png) [@GuillaumeGautreau](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/GuillaumeGautreau)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 7:54am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/forest-express-missing-in-subfolder-node-modules-of-forest-express-sequelize-8-5-12/5190/2 "2022-09-02T07:54:30Z")

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Hello @Louis-Marie,

Thanks for your feedback.

I tested on my side on a small project, I ran:

```javascript
npm install forest-express-sequelize@latest

```

And after a `npm start` the server started correctly.

The installed version of `forest-express-sequelize` is `8.5.12`, and `forest-express@9.5.6` is installed directly under `node_modules` .

Can you try to remove your `node_modules` directory and run `npm install` again?

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**Author:** ![Louis-Marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@Louis-Marie](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/Louis-Marie)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 8:43am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/forest-express-missing-in-subfolder-node-modules-of-forest-express-sequelize-8-5-12/5190/4 "2022-09-02T08:43:12Z")

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Hi @GuillaumeGautreau

I think you misunderstood my issue.

> The installed version of `forest-express-sequelize` is `8.5.12` , and `forest-express@9.5.6` is installed directly under `node_modules`

Yes, that is the case.

The problem is coming from the content of this folder:  
`./node_modules/forest-express-sequelize/node_modules`

With forest-express-sequelize@8.5.11  
=\> it contains the `forest-express` folder

With forest-express-sequelize@8.5.12  
=\> it does not contain it… why?

Thanks in advance  
Louis-Marie

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**Author:** ![GuillaumeGautreau](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/guillaumegautreau/32/557_2.png) [@GuillaumeGautreau](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/GuillaumeGautreau)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 8:46am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/forest-express-missing-in-subfolder-node-modules-of-forest-express-sequelize-8-5-12/5190/5 "2022-09-02T08:46:23Z")

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Because `npm` installs dependencies where it wants, and sometimes it’s in a subfolder, sometimes not. When it gets installed in `node_modules` directly it’ll work just fine.

In my case I don’t have the `forest-express` dependency declared in my `package.json` but npm decided to install it in the root `node_modules` folder anyway and it works just fine.

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**Author:** ![Louis-Marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@Louis-Marie](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/Louis-Marie)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/forest-express-missing-in-subfolder-node-modules-of-forest-express-sequelize-8-5-12/5190/6 "2022-09-02T10:08:25Z")

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Finally, I found where my issue is coming from.

It was because, in my previous release, I had a different dependent version of `forest-express` than the one specified in `forest-express-sequelize` dependency requirements.

npm was detecting 2 different releases and needed to install 2 different ones in my previous install.

All is clean now, with only one directly in my local `node_modules` directory.

Thanks for your help.