Installing mongoose on node "require" undefined

Question

I'm using mongodb, no matter how install node and mongoose on ubuntu I can't get it to work. I always get the "require" not defined error

npm install mongoose also tried npm install -g and tried putting everything in one folder mkdir node

Screenshot to show mongoose intalled in the node_modules

                    https://gamerholic/images/screenshot/mongoose.png test page where mongoose tries to connect 
   https://gamerholic/indexTest.php

'require' not defined message comes up

Answer 1

If you want to do a browser require (albeit a bit oddly) you can check out http://requirejs.org/

Answer 2

Mongoose is meant to run from Node not in the browser.