Error installing mongoose on vagrant

I used this to install npm modules in vagrant, npm install --no-bin-links
I get this error from mongoose:

vagrant@precise32:~/app$ npm start

> node_notes@0.0.1 start /home/vagrant/app
> node ./bin/www

/
module.js:340
    throw err;
          ^
Error: Cannot find module 'mongodb'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
    at require (module.js:380:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/vagrant/app/node_modules/mongoose/lib/utils.
5:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
    at require (module.js:380:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/vagrant/app/node_modules/mongoose/lib/schema
:7:13)
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npm ERR! node_notes@0.0.1 start: `node ./bin/www`
npm ERR! Exit status 8
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the node_notes@0.0.1 start script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the node_notes package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node ./bin/www
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls node_notes
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! System Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae
npm ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! cwd /home/vagrant/app
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.29
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.14
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/vagrant/app/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0