Can't load packages from NPM

Hi all,

I'm trying to load a package from npm with no success. The package in question is the YAML parser 'yaml'. No matter what I do I can't get Max to see the package even though I've installed it over the command-line, and then called the method `script npm install`. The error that is produced is not copyable, but looks something like this.

Error: Cannot find module `yaml'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal.modules/cjs/loader.js:580:15)
at Object.Module._load (internal/modules./cjs/loader.js:506:25.

I've seen some other threads where this kind of issue arises, but the solutions they came up with don't solve my issue. I have tried installing a number of arbitrary packages from npm with no success now, so I'm sure its not just yaml but perhaps my install or something conflicting.