Command not found / Cant install/setup nodebb

brownsmart

This is a new problem, I have recently had which I didnt have before on other installs.

root@xxxx [/home/xxxx/nodebb]# ./nodebb setup
./nodebb: line 9: which: command not found
./nodebb: line 98: : command not found

any clues on how to resolve this? looks like its an issue with the "npm install" command as it times out

npm ERR! Command failed: git clone --template=/root/.npm/_git-remotes/_templates --mirror git://github.com/wzrdtales/simple-recaptcha.git /root/.npm/_git-remotes/git-github-com-wzrdtales-simple-recaptcha-git-d2b10e99
npm ERR! github.com[0: 192.30.252.129]: errno=Connection timed out
npm ERR! fatal: unable to connect a socket (Connection timed out)

could this be the issue and if so how do I resolve it?

Thanks.

julian

We moved away from a bash script in the latest versions of NodeBB, so you could give that a try.

Otherwise, it seems the which command isn't leading to a program on your OS... what OS are you using?

brownsmart

Im on Centos, and what do you mean you moved away from Bash scripts, when your documentation instructs me so?

or am i missing something here?

rbeer

The nodeBB startup script used to be a bash script in 0.6, while 0.7 uses nodeJS for it.

which returns the pathnames of the files (or links) which would be executed in the current environment. (from man page)

./nodebb: line 9: which: command not found indicates, that your system is missing this tool.

Installing which by executing

su -c 'yum install which' #asking for root password

should solve your problem.

brownsmart

Hi @rbeer thanks for your reply, I tried the command you provided, but its already installed...

However, what seem to help was making some changes to git due to a timeout issue or proxy issue.

[url "https://github.com/"]
insteadOf = [email protected]:
[url "https://"]
insteadOf = git://

Once I done this, it installed properly and now runs.

Thanks.