Setting up Nodebb fail

Peter-Zoltan Keresztes

Hello, I try to setup nodes when I run ./nodebb setup I got the following error on debian jessie:

# ./nodebb setup
7/6 15:57 [3529] - info: NodeBB v0.7.0 Copyright (C) 2013-2014 NodeBB Inc.
7/6 15:57 [3529] - info: This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
7/6 15:57 [3529] - info: This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
7/6 15:57 [3529] - info: 
7/6 15:57 [3529] - info: NodeBB Setup Triggered via Command Line

Welcome to NodeBB!

This looks like a new installation, so you'll have to answer a few questions about your environment before we can proceed.
Press enter to accept the default setting (shown in brackets).
URL used to access this NodeBB (http://localhost:4567) 
Please enter a NodeBB secret (some secret) 
Which database to use (redis) 

7/6 15:57 [3529] - info: Now configuring redis database:
Host IP or address of your Redis instance (127.0.0.1) 
Host port of your Redis instance (6379) 
Password of your Redis database 
Which database to use (0..n) (0) 
Configuration Saved OK
npm WARN package.json [email protected] license should be a valid SPDX license expression
[email protected] node_modules/redis

[email protected] node_modules/connect-redis
└── [email protected] ([email protected])
Populating database with default configs, if not already set...

module.js:340
    throw err;
    ^
Error: Cannot find module './build/Release/magic'
    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> (/var/www/html/NodeBB/node_modules/mmmagic/index.js:3:13)
    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)

thanks in advance.

jarey

You have to install imagemagic separately. According to your OS you can follow the steps that figure in the documentation https://docs.nodebb.org/en/latest/installing/os.html

Apt-get install imagemagick should be enought.

Peter-Zoltan Keresztes

I already have it installed:

dpkg -l *imagemagick*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                                                      Version                                   Architecture                              Description
+++-=========================================================================-=========================================-=========================================-========================================================================================================================================================
ii  imagemagick                                                               8:6.8.9.9-5                               amd64                                     image manipulation programs --     binaries
un  imagemagick-6.defaultquantum                                              <none>                                    <none>                                    (no description available)
ii  imagemagick-6.q16                                                         8:6.8.9.9-5                               amd64                                     image manipulation     programs -- quantum depth Q16
ii  imagemagick-common                                                        8:6.8.9.9-5                               all                                       image manipulation programs -- infrastructure
un  imagemagick-doc                                                           <none>                                    <none>                                    (no description available)

Peter-Zoltan Keresztes

Noone has any idea why do I get the errors above?

popanu

Are you using the proper node build? Doing some quick searching, I've found that people experience this error when they're using a non-default build of node.

Peter-Zoltan Keresztes

I did everything by the book, I tried to compile the node.js from source also to install from repository. I get the same error no matter what. The only thing what is not by the book is the debian version which in my case is jessie.

Peter-Zoltan Keresztes

Does anyone have a solution for my issue?

psychobunny

Latest version of NodeBB doesn't require this dep anymore, so maybe try pulling the latest master?