joyent node.js smartmachine npm git dependency error

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npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/express-resource/0.2.4
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/base12/0.2.9
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/handlebars/1.0.5beta
npm http 404 https://registry.npmjs.org/express/3.0.0alpha1-pre

npm ERR! Error: version not found: 3.0.0alpha1-pre : express/3.0.0alpha1-pre
npm ERR!     at Request._callback (/opt/nodejs/v0.6.8/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/npm-registry-client/request.js:181:12)
npm ERR!     at Request.callback (/opt/nodejs/v0.6.8/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/main.js:119:22)
npm ERR!     at Request.<anonymous> (/opt/nodejs/v0.6.8/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/main.js:605:16)
npm ERR!     at Request.emit (events.js:67:17)
npm ERR!     at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/opt/nodejs/v0.6.8/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/main.js:564:14)
npm ERR!     at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:88:20)
npm ERR!     at HTTPParser.onMessageComplete (http.js:137:23)
npm ERR!     at CleartextStream.ondata (http.js:1150:24)
npm ERR!     at CleartextStream._push (tls.js:375:27)
npm ERR!     at SecurePair.cycle (tls.js:734:20)
npm ERR! You may report this log at:
npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR!     <[email protected]>
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! System SunOS 5.11
npm ERR! command "node" "/home/node/local/nodejs/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! cwd /home/node/test/base12
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.13
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.9
npm ERR! message version not found: 3.0.0alpha1-pre : express/3.0.0alpha1-pre