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@0xA4B16 you can ignore those warnings, or you can install the packages they recommend by running npm i <package name>

@julian please let me know if you still think its sharp issue, since it is installed fine.

Short of using OAuth2, you could write your own app component to tie NodeBB into MySQL. One of the issues is that MySQL is a generic database so the format of your authentication easily won't match in some obvious way, so needs a customer connectors no matter what. Just adding another DB source for authentication would not solve your problem. It would have to be something that connects to your database and has the ability to understand your schema and has the ability to store all necessary additional schema changes there.

I confirm now that with updated version works fine 🙂
Thanks for the fast fix.

Tried this on mine, but no luck. Same issue. Verified that the fix made it in.

This should be in 1.13.2 and up.

@baris thank you

@pasib -- sorry to hear about that! Yes, npm or yarn will sometimes clobber anything inside node_modules/. Never do anything in that directory as it is considered transient!

Look into npm link or yarn link, and develop your theme elsewhere. Then you can use those tools to "link" the theme into the node_modules/ folder, and it will be safe from deletion. Sometimes the link itself will be deleted, but that is trivial to put back in.

Are you sure it's the start that's not finishing and not your automation?

This may not work but could be worth looking into.

@pasib glad you found the issue

Just for you guys troubleshooting this problem, if you are using https, then the address needs to be https in the config.json too.

Category Notification is even better than what i tried to do, thanks for that. I know there is the Chat function but i was imagining something like a "Reply with PM" function in the Reply dropdown, guess that does not exist or is there a plugin for that as well?

@PitaJ Thank you!

Note:

If I use /me it doesn't work - /me/doesn't work as well. It does not point to the own user profile.

Only a reference to a sub-page as mentioned by @PitaJ works.
/me/bookmarks works and points to the own bookmarks. 👍

@levy318 said in XMAPP:

Is it possible to install NodeBB site on XAMPP?

No, but not because it is Apache. XMAPP is a platform for PHP and Perl. NodeBB is written in NodeJS. No language can run on another like that. XMAPP can only run Perl or PHP applications. NodeBB will work with Apache, but makes no sense. It'll run on Windows, but that makes no sense either - slow and licensing problems.

Bottom line, there is no situation where this question should come up.

That said, can NodeBB run on Windows? Of course, no problem. You just install it there. It's a terrible idea, but it will absolutely work. XMAPP is completely unnecessary. Just don't install XMAPP or just completely ignore it and don't start it up, and you'll be fine.

@julian

You got it.

👍 👍 👍 👍 👍
⭐ 🌟 ⭐ 🌟 ⭐

😃

I tried to setup nodebb locally but encounter these issues:

'''
info sharp Detected globally-installed libvips v8.7.4
info sharp Building from source via node-gyp
make: Entering directory '/home/jordanly/JordanLy/My Folder/Sydney-Study/Personal project/nodebb/node_modules/sharp/build'
TOUCH Release/obj.target/libvips-cpp.stamp
CXX(target) Release/obj.target/sharp/src/common.o
In file included from ../src/common.cc:27:
../src/common.h:78:20: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
78 | bool HasAttr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr);
| ^~~~~~
../src/common.h:78:37: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
78 | bool HasAttr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr);
| ^
../src/common.h:78:39: error: ‘obj’ was not declared in this scope
78 | bool HasAttr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr);
| ^~~
../src/common.h:78:56: error: expected primary-expression before ‘attr’
78 | bool HasAttr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr);
| ^~~~
../src/common.h:78:60: error: expression list treated as compound expression in initializer [-fpermissive]
78 | bool HasAttr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr);
| ^
../src/common.h:79:29: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
79 | std::string AttrAsStr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr);
| ^~~~~~
../src/common.h:79:46: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
79 | std::string AttrAsStr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr);
| ^
../src/common.h:79:48: error: ‘obj’ was not declared in this scope
79 | std::string AttrAsStr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr);
| ^~~
../src/common.h:79:65: error: expected primary-expression before ‘attr’
79 | std::string AttrAsStr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr);
| ^~~~
../src/common.h:80:38: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
80 | std::vector<double> AttrAsRgba(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr);
| ^~~~~~
../src/common.h:80:55: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
80 | std::vector<double> AttrAsRgba(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr);
| ^
../src/common.h:80:57: error: ‘obj’ was not declared in this scope
80 | std::vector<double> AttrAsRgba(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr);
| ^~~
../src/common.h:80:74: error: expected primary-expression before ‘attr’
80 | std::vector<double> AttrAsRgba(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr);
| ^~~~
../src/common.h:81:48: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
81 | template<typename T> v8::Local<T> AttrAs(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~~~~
../src/common.h:81:65: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
81 | template<typename T> v8::Local<T> AttrAs(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^
../src/common.h:81:67: error: ‘obj’ was not declared in this scope
81 | template<typename T> v8::Local<T> AttrAs(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~
../src/common.h:81:84: error: expected primary-expression before ‘attr’
81 | template<typename T> v8::Local<T> AttrAs(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~~
../src/common.h:81:37: warning: variable templates only available with ‘-std=c++14’ or ‘-std=gnu++14’
81 | template<typename T> v8::Local<T> AttrAs(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~~~~
../src/common.h:81:89: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘{’ token
81 | template<typename T> v8::Local<T> AttrAs(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~
| ;
../src/common.h:84:37: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
84 | template<typename T> T AttrTo(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~~~~
../src/common.h:84:54: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
84 | template<typename T> T AttrTo(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^
../src/common.h:84:56: error: ‘obj’ was not declared in this scope
84 | template<typename T> T AttrTo(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~
../src/common.h:84:73: error: expected primary-expression before ‘attr’
84 | template<typename T> T AttrTo(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~~
../src/common.h:84:26: warning: variable templates only available with ‘-std=c++14’ or ‘-std=gnu++14’
84 | template<typename T> T AttrTo(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~~~~
../src/common.h:84:78: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘{’ token
84 | template<typename T> T AttrTo(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~
| ;
../src/common.h:87:37: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
87 | template<typename T> T AttrTo(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, int attr) {
| ^~~~~~
../src/common.h:87:54: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
87 | template<typename T> T AttrTo(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, int attr) {
| ^
../src/common.h:87:56: error: ‘obj’ was not declared in this scope
87 | template<typename T> T AttrTo(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, int attr) {
| ^~~
../src/common.h:87:61: error: expected primary-expression before ‘int’
87 | template<typename T> T AttrTo(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, int attr) {
| ^~~
../src/common.h:84:26: warning: variable templates only available with ‘-std=c++14’ or ‘-std=gnu++14’
84 | template<typename T> T AttrTo(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~~~~
../src/common.h:87:70: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘{’ token
87 | template<typename T> T AttrTo(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, int attr) {
| ^~
| ;
../src/common.h:93:9: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
93 | v8::Handlev8::Object input, std::vector<v8::Localv8::Object> &buffersToPersist);
| ^~~~~~
../src/common.h:93:26: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
93 | v8::Handlev8::Object input, std::vector<v8::Localv8::Object> &buffersToPersist);
| ^
../src/common.h:93:28: error: ‘input’ was not declared in this scope
93 | v8::Handlev8::Object input, std::vector<v8::Localv8::Object> &buffersToPersist);
| ^~~~~
../src/common.h:93:70: error: expected primary-expression before ‘&’ token
93 | v8::Handlev8::Object input, std::vector<v8::Localv8::Object> &buffersToPersist);
| ^
../src/common.h:93:71: error: ‘buffersToPersist’ was not declared in this scope
93 | v8::Handlev8::Object input, std::vector<v8::Localv8::Object> &buffersToPersist);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../src/common.h:93:87: error: expression list treated as compound expression in initializer [-fpermissive]
93 | v8::Handlev8::Object input, std::vector<v8::Localv8::Object> &buffersToPersist);
| ^
../src/common.cc:34:8: error: redefinition of ‘bool sharp::HasAttr’
34 | bool HasAttr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~~~~~
In file included from ../src/common.cc:27:
../src/common.h:78:8: note: ‘bool sharp::HasAttr’ previously defined here
78 | bool HasAttr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr);
| ^~~~~~~
../src/common.cc:34:20: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
34 | bool HasAttr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~~~~
../src/common.cc:34:37: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
34 | bool HasAttr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^
../src/common.cc:34:39: error: ‘obj’ was not declared in this scope
34 | bool HasAttr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~
../src/common.cc:34:56: error: expected primary-expression before ‘attr’
34 | bool HasAttr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~~
../src/common.cc:37:15: error: redefinition of ‘std::string sharp::AttrAsStr’
37 | std::string AttrAsStr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~~~~~~~
In file included from ../src/common.cc:27:
../src/common.h:79:15: note: ‘std::string sharp::AttrAsStr’ previously declared here
79 | std::string AttrAsStr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr);
| ^~~~~~~~~
../src/common.cc:37:29: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
37 | std::string AttrAsStr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~~~~
../src/common.cc:37:46: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
37 | std::string AttrAsStr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^
../src/common.cc:37:48: error: ‘obj’ was not declared in this scope
37 | std::string AttrAsStr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~
../src/common.cc:37:65: error: expected primary-expression before ‘attr’
37 | std::string AttrAsStr(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~~
../src/common.cc:40:23: error: redefinition of ‘std::vector<double> sharp::AttrAsRgba’
40 | std::vector<double> AttrAsRgba(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~~~~~~~~
In file included from ../src/common.cc:27:
../src/common.h:80:23: note: ‘std::vector<double> sharp::AttrAsRgba’ previously declared here
80 | std::vector<double> AttrAsRgba(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr);
| ^~~~~~~~~~
../src/common.cc:40:38: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
40 | std::vector<double> AttrAsRgba(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~~~~
../src/common.cc:40:55: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
40 | std::vector<double> AttrAsRgba(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^
../src/common.cc:40:57: error: ‘obj’ was not declared in this scope
40 | std::vector<double> AttrAsRgba(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~
../src/common.cc:40:74: error: expected primary-expression before ‘attr’
40 | std::vector<double> AttrAsRgba(v8::Handlev8::Object obj, std::string attr) {
| ^~~~
../src/common.cc:50:20: error: redefinition of ‘sharp::InputDescriptor* sharp::CreateInputDescriptor’
50 | InputDescriptor* CreateInputDescriptor(
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from ../src/common.cc:27:
../src/common.h:92:20: note: ‘sharp::InputDescriptor* sharp::CreateInputDescriptor’ previously defined here
92 | InputDescriptor* CreateInputDescriptor(
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../src/common.cc:51:9: error: ‘Handle’ is not a member of ‘v8’
51 | v8::Handlev8::Object input, std::vector<v8::Localv8::Object> &buffersToPersist
| ^~~~~~
../src/common.cc:51:26: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
51 | v8::Handlev8::Object input, std::vector<v8::Localv8::Object> &buffersToPersist
| ^
../src/common.cc:51:28: error: ‘input’ was not declared in this scope
51 | v8::Handlev8::Object input, std::vector<v8::Localv8::Object> &buffersToPersist
| ^~~~~
../src/common.cc:51:70: error: expected primary-expression before ‘&’ token
51 | v8::Handlev8::Object input, std::vector<v8::Localv8::Object> &buffersToPersist
| ^
../src/common.cc:51:71: error: ‘buffersToPersist’ was not declared in this scope
51 | v8::Handlev8::Object input, std::vector<v8::Localv8::Object> &buffersToPersist
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
make: *** [sharp.target.mk:184: Release/obj.target/sharp/src/common.o] Error 1
make: Leaving directory '/home/jordanly/JordanLy/My Folder/Sydney-Study/Personal project/nodebb/node_modules/sharp/build'
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: make failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:321:20)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:275:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 5.3.0-29-generic
gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/jordanly/JordanLy/My Folder/Sydney-Study/Personal project/nodebb/node_modules/sharp
gyp ERR! node -v v13.7.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.0.5
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] install: (node install/libvips && node install/dll-copy && prebuild-install) || (node-gyp rebuild && node install/dll-copy)
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/jordanly/.npm/_logs/2020-02-05T08_20_16_954Z-debug.log
Error installing dependencies!
message: Command failed: npm install --production
stdout: null
stderr: null
/home/jordanly/JordanLy/My Folder/Sydney-Study/Personal project/nodebb/src/cli/package-install.js:54
throw e;
^

Error: Command failed: npm install --production
at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:611:11)
at Object.execSync (child_process.js:647:15)
at Object.installAll (/home/jordanly/JordanLy/My Folder/Sydney-Study/Personal project/nodebb/src/cli/package-install.js:45:9)
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/jordanly/JordanLy/My Folder/Sydney-Study/Personal project/nodebb/src/cli/index.js:60:18)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1151:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1171:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1000:32)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:899:14)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1040:19)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:72:18) {
status: 1,
signal: null,
output: [ null, null, null ],
pid: 7526,
stdout: null,
stderr: null
}
'''
Then after installation, I try to start it, here's the command line result

./nodebb start

Starting NodeBB
"./nodebb stop" to stop the NodeBB server
"./nodebb log" to view server output
"./nodebb help" for more commands

Lastly, I have tried to find where the forum is running (port 4567, forum.examle.com, etc.) but no luck. Please help me, I followed the installation guide here https://docs.nodebb.org/installing/os/ubuntu/#installing-mongodb

Are there any errors in the server log?

You can create a topic and put everything you want there and then use /admin/settings/notifications and set the welcome notification link to the url of the topic. This will send a notification to new users that will take them to this topic.

@PitaJ said in Help with Upgrade to v1.13.x:

@Michael-Pfaff yeah I'd check git status before doing anything and run reset if there are changes

Much appreciated @PitaJ!