Creating an express project first run gives errors - node.js

Question

I installed express globally.
I have created a new project called helloExpress like this:
express helloExpress -c less
Installed all dependencies:
cd helloExpress
sudo npm install
Run the app:
node app.js
Output error:
/home/dev/projects/helloExpress/app.js:1
s., */,,var expr
^
node.js:201
throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick
^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token ,
at Module._compile (module.js:429:25)
at Object..js (module.js:459:10)
at Module.load (module.js:348:32)
at Function._load (module.js:308:12)
at Array.0 (module.js:479:10)
at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:192:41)
Looking into the code of app.js it looks like this:
/**, * Module dependencies., */,,var express = require('express'), , routes = require('./routes'), , user = require('./routes/user'), , http = require('http'), , path = require('path');,,var app = express();// all environments,app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);,app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');,app.set('view engine', 'jade');,app.use(express.favicon());,app.use(express.logger('dev'));,app.use(express.bodyParser());,app.use(express.methodOverride());,app.use(app.router);undefined app.use(require('less-middleware')({ src: __dirname + '/public' }));,app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));,,// development only,if ('development' == app.get('env')) {, app.use(express.errorHandler());,},,app.get('/', routes.index);,app.get('/users', user.list);,,http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), function(){, console.log('Express server listening on port ' + app.get('port'));,});,
As you can see there are , everywhere.
Is this a known bug or am I doing something wrong here?

Answer 1

As Jonathan Lonowski said in the comments, the Node.js version I used was too old.
I installed a newer version of Node.js by following this tutorial: http://slopjong.de/2012/10/31/how-to-install-the-latest-nodejs-in-ubuntu/