I installed node 16, on Ubuntu 20.04 (WSL on Windows10) using these commands:
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
And it gets the right package
Unpacking nodejs (16.13.1-deb-1nodesource1) ...
Setting up nodejs (16.13.1-deb-1nodesource1) ...
But somehow, I get node 14
$ node -v
v14.15.5
I had nodejs installed already before I tried to upgrade to 16 but I am pretty sure the installer removed it.
I tried to remove the package nodejs and installagain , I ran apt autoremove, I checked /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list and there is only the node_16.x PPA...
What did I miss? Where is that node 14 coming from?
My bad... Turns out it was emscripten who had installed another NodeJS in its own app folder and was setting that in the env.
I just deleted the node directory in the emsdk folder and it's working.
Edit: I had compilation issues on MacOS when I removed the node directory because emscripten was using system libs that were probably not matching its expectations. So I had to restore it (using emsdk install SOME_VERSION).
Issue: Unable to start Node server
Platform: Bash on Ubuntu on Windows 10
Currently following tutorial that builds a blog on MEAN
Commands ran after installation:
apt-get install npm
npm init
npm install express --save
node server.js
Last command node server.js supposed to start Node server.
But nothing happens on my bash command line.
server.js codes:
command node-v (node version not found):
However, Node is already installed:
Accessing localhost:3000
On Ubuntu (and Debian as well), the correct package to install for Node.js is called nodejs:
$ sudo apt-get install nodejs
However, my experience is that this generally installs an outdated version of Node, which isn't great. It also installs the interpreter with the executable name nodejs, not node as you would expect.
Alternatively, you can add the official binary distribution repositories for Node.js, which allows you to install more recent versions of Node (v6 or even v7). These are also kept up-to-date much better than the Ubuntu/Debian repositories.
The process is documented here, but if you want to install Node v6, you would run this code:
$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
It's probably best to remove any previously installed packages (npm, node, nodejs) before running the commands above.
NodeJS interpreter name(node) on Ubuntu has been renamed to nodejs because of a name conflict with another package. Here's what the readme. Debian says:
The upstream name for the Node.js interpreter command is "node".
In Debian the interpreter command has been changed to "nodejs".
This was done to prevent a namespace collision: other commands use
the same name in their upstream, such as ax25-node from the "node"
package.
Scripts calling Node.js as a shell command must be changed to instead
use the "nodejs" command.
However, using nodejs mucks up installing packages using npm. Package installation fails with the following error:
sh: 1: node: not found
npm WARN This failure might be due to the use of legacy binary "node"
npm WARN For further explanations, please read /usr/share/doc/nodejs/README.Debian
How do I make npm understand that nodejs is already installed on the system but the interpreter name is different?
TL;DR:
sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy
First of all let me clarify the situation a bit. In summer 2012 Debian maintainers decided to rename Node.js executable to prevent some kind of namespace collision with another package. It was very hard decision for Debian Technical Committee, because it breaks backward compatibility.
The following is a quote from Committee resolution draft, published in Debian mailing list:
The nodejs package shall be changed to provide /usr/bin/nodejs, not /usr/bin/node. The package should declare a Breaks: relationship with
any packages in Debian that reference /usr/bin/node.
The nodejs source package shall also provide a nodejs-legacy binary package at Priority: extra that contains /usr/bin/node as a symlink to
/usr/bin/nodejs. No package in the archive may depend on or recommend
the nodejs-legacy package, which is provided solely for upstream
compatibility. This package declares shall also declare a Conflicts:
relationship with the node package.
<...>
Paragraph 2 is the actual solution for OP's issue. OP should try to install this package instead of doing symlink by hand. Here is a link to this package in Debian package index website.
It can be installed using sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy.
I have not found any information about adopting the whole thing by NPM developers, but I think npm package will be fixed on some point and nodejs-legacy become really legacy.
Try linking node to nodejs. First find out where nodejs is
whereis nodejs
Then soft link node to nodejs
ln -s [the path of nodejs] /usr/bin/node
I am assuming /usr/bin is in your execution path. Then you can test by typing node or npm into your command line, and everything should work now.
You can also install Nodejs using NVM or Nodejs Version Manager There are a lot of benefits to using a version manager. One of them being you don't have to worry about this issue.
Instructions:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev
Once the prerequisite packages are installed, you can pull down the nvm installation script from the project's GitHub page. The version number may be different, but in general, you can download and install it with the following syntax:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.16.1/install.sh | sh
This will download the script and run it. It will install the software into a subdirectory of your home directory at ~/.nvm. It will also add the necessary lines to your ~/.profile file to use the file.
To gain access to the nvm functionality, you'll need to log out and log back in again, or you can source the ~/.profile file so that your current session knows about the changes:
source ~/.profile
Now that you have nvm installed, you can install isolated Node.js versions.
To find out the versions of Node.js that are available for installation, you can type:
nvm ls-remote
. . .
v0.11.10
v0.11.11
v0.11.12
v0.11.13
v0.11.14
As you can see, the newest version at the time of this writing is v0.11.14. You can install that by typing:
nvm install 0.11.14
Usually, nvm will switch to use the most recently installed version. You can explicitly tell nvm to use the version we just downloaded by typing:
nvm use 0.11.14
When you install Node.js using nvm, the executable is called node. You can see the version currently being used by the shell by typing:
node -v
The comeplete tutorial can be found here
Install nvm first using:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.11.1/install.sh | bash
Run command
source ~/.profile
Now run this and this will show will all installed or other versions of packages:
nvm ls-remote
Installed packages will be in green. Install whatever version you want:
nvm install 6.0.0
Check where is not installed:
which node
Check current version:
node -v
n=$(which node);
n=${n%/bin/node};
chmod -R 755 $n/bin/*;
sudo cp -r $n/{bin,lib,share} /usr/local
sudo apt-get --purge remove node
sudo apt-get --purge remove nodejs-legacy
sudo apt-get --purge remove nodejs
sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy
source ~/.profile
Combined the accepted answer with source ~/.profile from the comment that has been folded and some clean up commands before. Most likely you will also need to sudo apt-get install npm after.
for me problem was solved by,
sudo apt-get remove node
sudo apt-get remove nodejs
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
alias node=nodejs
rm -r /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/localstack/node_modules
npm install -g npm#latest || sudo npm install -g npm#latest
Here's another approach I use since I like n for easy switching between node versions.
On a new Ubuntu system, first install the 'system' node:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup | sudo bash -
Then install n module globally:
npm install -g n
Since the system node was installed first (above), the alternatives system can be used to cleanly point to the node provided by n. First make sure the alternatives system has nothing for node:
update-alternatives --remove-all node
Then add the node provided by n:
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/node node /usr/local/bin/node 1
Next add node provided by the system (the one that was installed with curl):
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/node node /usr/bin/nodejs 2
Now select the node provided by n using the interactive menu (select /usr/local/bin/node from the menu presented by the following command):
update-alternatives --config node
Finally, since /usr/local/bin usually has a higher precedence in PATH than /usr/bin, the following alias must be created (enter in your .bashrc or .zshrc) if the alternatives system node is to be effective; otherwise the node installed with n in /usr/local/bin takes always precedence:
alias node='/usr/bin/node'
Now you can easily switch between node versions with n <desired node version number>.
On Linux Mint 17, I tried both solutions (creating a symlink or using the nodejs-legacy package) without success.
The only thing that finally worked for me was using the ppa from Chris Lea:
sudo apt-get purge node-*
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs
This installed node version 10.37 and npm 1.4.28. After that, I could install packages globally.
As other folks already mention, I will suggest not to use "sudo apt-get" to install node or any development library. You can download required version from https://nodejs.org/dist/v6.9.2/ and setup you own environment.
I will recommend tools like nvm and n, to manage you node version. It is very convenient to switch and work with these modules.
https://github.com/creationix/nvm
https://github.com/tj/n
Or write basic bash to download zip/tar, extract move folder and create a soft link. Whenever you need to update, just point the old soft link to new downloaded version.
Like I have created for my own, you can refer:
https://github.com/deepakshrma/NodeJs-4.0-Reference-Guide/blob/master/nodejs-installer.sh
#Go to home
cd ~
#run command
#New Script
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deepakshrma/NodeJs-4.0-Reference-Guide/master/nodejs-installer.sh
bash nodejs-installer.sh -v lts
#here -v or --version can be sepecific to 0.10.37 or it could be latest/lts
#Examples
bash nodejs-installer.sh -v lts
bash nodejs-installer.sh -v latest
bash nodejs-installer.sh -v 4.4.2
Simple solution from here
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_7.x | sudo -E bash --
sudo apt-get install nodejs
You can specify version by changing setup_x.x value, for example to setup_5.x
Your System is not able to detect the path node js binary.
1.which node
2.Then soft link node to nodejs
ln -s [the path of nodejs] /usr/bin/node
I am assuming /usr/bin is in your execution path. Then you can test by typing node or npm into your command line, and everything should work now.
Uninstall whatever node version you have
sudo apt-get --purge remove node
sudo apt-get --purge remove nodejs-legacy
sudo apt-get --purge remove nodejs
install nvm (Node Version Manager) https://github.com/creationix/nvm
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.0/install.sh | bash
Now you can install whatever version of node you want and switch between the versions.
I fixed it unlinking /usr/sbin/node (which is linked to ax25-node package), then I have create a link to nodejs using this on command line
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
Because package such as karma doesn't work with nodejs name, however changing the first line of karma script from node to nodejs, but I prefer resolve this issue once and for all
For me the fix was removing the node* packages and also the npm packages.
Then a fresh install as:
sudo apt-get install autoclean
sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy
npm install
Problem is not in installer
replace nodejs with node or change the path from /usr/bin/nodejs to /usr/bin/node
This is the your node is not properly install, first you need to uninstall the node then install again.
To install the node this may help you
http://array151.com/blog/nodejs-tutorial-and-set-up/
after that you can install the packages easily. To install the packages this may help you
http://array151.com/blog/npm-node-package-manager/
you can create a link ln -s nodejs node in /usr/bin
hope this solves your problem.
node -v // first check it's install or not
npm -v
sudo apt install npm
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash –
sudo apt-get install nodejs
then check
node -v or node –version
npm -v or npm –version
or you can remove package.lock json file / node_modules than run npm i
I hope it'll work fine
steps : https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/installation-of-node-js-on-linux/
Faced same issue, steps below worked for me.
Install curl on your system then run NVM installer script.
sudo apt install curl
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | bash
Load the environment
source ~/.profile
Install the supported version of Node.js.
nvm install 16.15.1
Confirm the installation
node -v
I just had to reinstall linux to my computer, so I've been setting up my development environment again. I was able to use Meteor with Meteorite before, but now the mrt command doesn't do anything. It doesn't throw an error or anything, I installed it with sudo -H npm install -g meteorite and then, when I type mrt, it looks like this:
~ $ mrt
~ $
I saw a few similar issues, but no solutions. I think I'm going to try building it myself, but I was hoping someone might already have the answer
i had the same problem under ubuntu.
mrt was looking for an executable node (which was supposed to be nodejs), but in ubuntu if you look at the package node, you get:
$ apt-cache show node
Package: node
Priority: optional
Section: universe/hamradio
Installed-Size: 38
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss#lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Debian Hamradio Maintainers <debian-hams#lists.debian.org>
Architecture: all
Version: 0.3.2-7.4
Depends: ax25-node
Conflicts: nodejs-legacy
Filename: pool/universe/n/node/node_0.3.2-7.4_all.deb
Size: 1284
MD5sum: 7385a0f5916e03d9143459ca4706f0ec
SHA1: bf7aa087db81475636897ff39de344754ce1415b
SHA256: 9756770f771bcc4183cffa622f89e21a585be96bd4de27024b0a7cb167f310ad
Description-en: Amateur Packet Radio Node program (transitional package)
The existing node package has been renamed to ax25-node. This transitional
package exists to ease the upgrade path for existing users.
Description-md5: 1278ed271672fd829c99361f93f468da
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
which actually is NOT nodejs. Basically mrt was calling the wrong executable.
I have fixed in the following way:
remove node: sudo apt-get remove node
locate nodejs executable: run which nodejs. to me returned /usr/bin/nodejs
create a link to node: ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
Now mrt calls correctly nodejs and everything works
I installed node with apt-get install nodejs. Then I installed npm with apt-get install npm. Now when I try to run express I get
$ express
/usr/bin/env: node: No such file or directory
How do I resolve this error?
There are two package in Ubuntu that have similar names, node and nodejs.
node does this,
Description-en: Amateur Packet Radio Node program. The node program accepts TCP/IP and packet radio network connections and presents users with an interface that allows them to make gateway connections to remote hosts using a variety of amateur radio protocols.
nodejs does this,
Description-en: Node.js event-based server-side javascript engine Node.js is similar in design to and influenced by systems like Ruby's Event Machine or Python's Twisted. It takes the event model a bit further - it presents the event loop as a language construct instead of as a library. Node.js is bundled with several useful libraries to handle server tasks : System, Events, Standard I/O, Modules, Timers, Child Processes, POSIX, HTTP, Multipart Parsing, TCP, DNS, Assert, Path, URL, Query Strings.
Fedora also follows a similar package naming scheme. Because of this, the binary in nodejs had to be renamed to nodejs from the original node. However, this isn't technically kosher: and most nodejs programs (and libraries installed with npm) assume that the node binary is node. If you want to get around this the easiest way is just symlink the two together. If you take this route, don't install the node package which handles the Amateur Packet Radio stuff.
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/local/bin/node
Alternatively, in the case of node, I'd suggest using n and not installing node. Just install npm (which will install node), then remove npm, then tell apt to clean it up. To do this, simply run
sudo apt-get install npm
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n latest
sudo apt-get --purge remove npm
sudo apt-get autoremove
There are other binary distro managers that even work from a shell script like nvm but I personally prefer n. Think of n like an apt for just one thing: the node binary which it installs to /usr/local/bin.
Why are removing npm? We're not. apt-get --purge remove can only ever remove things installed by the package manager. n latest works outside of the package manager. There are two npms if you do this,
version installed by the distro (Debian/Ubuntu) using apt-get.
version installed by n latest.
No point in having the distro's older version. And, even worse, if that version works it can potentially install to a different location and have Debian modifications in it that assume Debian install directories. It's better to use either/or but not both.
you should install nodejs-legacy package which have a link from /usr/bin/node to /usr/bin/nodejs
$ sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy
In my case it was because in my PATH environment variable, I had "~/progs/node/bin/" and the "~" does not seem to be resolved by env... replacing it with the real full path ("/home/myuser/node/bin") solved my problem.
This solution
export PATH="$HOME/opt/nodejs/bin:$PATH"
resolved this issue for me (it should work assuming the $HOME variable is set properly). It also allows me to avoid hard coding the path to my home directory (for example so I can reuse my .bash_profile with different accounts/servers if I need to)
do this in cmd
sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy
chmod your folder 700 (optional)
Disclaimer: only for bash command running via deployment tools
Note: In remote server, if you can run node command but via deployment tool like shipit server throws like /usr/bin/env: ‘node’: No such file or directory. Creating symlink will resolve errors.
sudo ln -s $(which node) /usr/bin/node
sudo ln -s $(which npm) /usr/bin/npm
sudo ln -s $(which pm2) /usr/bin/pm2