[nodebb-plugin-import] Import your forum to NBB

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2018-04-16T18:11:24.857Z [5024] - [31merror[39m: TypeError: path must be a string or Buffer
at Object.fs.readdirSync (fs.js:904:18)
at getSiblingDirectories (C:\Users\root\nodebb\node_modules\nodebb-plugin-import\node_modules\nodebb-plugin-require\index.js:48:19)
at findPackageDirectory (C:\Users\root\nodebb\node_modules\nodebb-plugin-import\node_modules\nodebb-plugin-require\index.js:25:20)
at findNodebbDirectory (C:\Users\root\nodebb\node_modules\nodebb-plugin-import\node_modules\nodebb-plugin-require\index.js:59:9)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\root\nodebb\node_modules\nodebb-plugin-import\node_modules\nodebb-plugin-require\index.js:62:16)
at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\root\nodebb\node_modules\nodebb-plugin-import\server\index.js:1:80)
at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
2018-04-16T18:11:24.857Z [5024] - [33mwarn[39m: [plugins] Unable to parse library for: nodebb-plugin-import

Brophy

Any plans on updating this for the new version of IPB? I've currently got IPB 4.2.6 installed, which I've used for the last 14 years with 1.7 million posts and 32k members.

Would like to migrate the data, if possible.

omega

This plugin supports nBB v1.12.1 according to GitHub

I tried to install this today via ACP and then terminal, but both times I got this funky error. I have no clue what is going on here.

gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: not found: make
gyp ERR! stack     at getNotFoundError (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:13:12)
gyp ERR! stack     at F (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:68:19)
gyp ERR! stack     at E (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:80:29)
gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:89:16
gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/isexe/index.js:42:5
gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/isexe/mode.js:8:5
gyp ERR! stack     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:158:21)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.15.0-47-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/node/nodebb/node_modules/iconv
gyp ERR! node -v v11.15.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of textcomplete@^0.14.2 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
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/node/.npm/_logs/2019-06-18T13_25_21_688Z-debug.log

The debug log is massive I can post if women want to take a look.

Bri

what OS are you running on?

omega

@Bri ubuntu (18.04 I think.)

<baris>

Try with nodejs 8/10/12

omega

@baris said in [nodebb-plugin-import] Import your forum to NBB:

Try with nodejs 8/10/12

Any point in running npm audit fix on current version of nodejs?

Meanwhile, let's do this - upgrade from node 11.15.0 npm 6.7.0 to node 12.

To note. I experienced (unresolved) erros in past when installing fresh nodejs 12 when it came to the nodeBB install (v1.12).

If that doesn't work I'll try a downgrade to nodejs 10!!!

omega

errrggggghhh.... used n to upgrade/downgrade and with between versions of nodejs , ran the instal via terminal. same deal, now onto

Err msg node12

gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: not found: make
gyp ERR! stack     at getNotFoundError (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:13:12)
gyp ERR! stack     at F (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:68:19)
gyp ERR! stack     at E (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:80:29)
gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:89:16
gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/isexe/index.js:42:5
gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/isexe/mode.js:8:5
gyp ERR! stack     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:149:21)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.15.0-51-generic
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/node/nodebb/node_modules/iconv
gyp ERR! node -v v12.3.1
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of textcomplete@^0.14.2 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
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/node/.npm/_logs/2019-06-18T20_28_54_773Z-debug.log

Err msg node10

gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: not found: make
gyp ERR! stack     at getNotFoundError (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:13:12)
gyp ERR! stack     at F (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:68:19)
gyp ERR! stack     at E (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:80:29)
gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:89:16
gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/isexe/index.js:42:5
gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/isexe/mode.js:8:5
gyp ERR! stack     at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:153:21)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.15.0-51-generic
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/node/nodebb/node_modules/iconv
gyp ERR! node -v v10.16.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of textcomplete@^0.14.2 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
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/node/.npm/_logs/2019-06-18T20_32_32_662Z-debug.log

Also got a similar error for node8 too.

omega

So far nothing has worked to successfully install this plugin, so I am not sure at this point what to do.

I need to get a discourse base into nodeBB asap, so all help appreciated in advance. Thanks!

omega

To see if maybe, a small maybe, there might be a permissions aspect to this problem I ran this plugin as both sudo & root user.

Sudo

gyp ERR! configure error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/node/nodebb/node_modules/iconv/build'
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.15.0-51-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/node/nodebb/node_modules/iconv
gyp ERR! node -v v11.15.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of textcomplete@^0.14.2 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
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/node/.npm/_logs/2019-06-19T16_39_04_031Z-debug.log

Root

gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: not found: make
gyp ERR! stack     at getNotFoundError (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:13:12)
gyp ERR! stack     at F (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:68:19)
gyp ERR! stack     at E (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:80:29)
gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/which/which.js:89:16
gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/isexe/index.js:42:5
gyp ERR! stack     at /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/isexe/mode.js:8:5
gyp ERR! stack     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:158:21)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.15.0-51-generic
gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /root/node_modules/iconv
gyp ERR! node -v v11.15.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/root/package.json'
npm WARN root No description
npm WARN root No repository field.
npm WARN root No README data
npm WARN root No license field.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
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!     /root/.npm/_logs/2019-06-19T16_39_59_807Z-debug.log

node11

PitaJ

@omega what OS are you on? That's a weird error it seems like make is missing from your system.

Bri

@omega what is the output of this call:

cat /etc/os-release

Do you remember if you installed node or any npm packages as root (which is the user you’re running commands with when you sudo)?

What is your hosting provider?

The errors you’re getting are not typical for node installations so you need to provide more information about your environment.

As an aside I’ve had a lot of trouble with n and will probably migrate back to nvm

omega

@Bri said in [nodebb-plugin-import] Import your forum to NBB:

cat /etc/os-release

As far as I Can remember, I installed node, nginx as root.

nodeBB was as user in sudo group.

I had issues with permission with embed plugin in other thread but resolved that after guidance I need a non root user to complete the nodeBB part of the install, but I'm open to further guidance as to what is the best course. Maybe I should have not installed nodejs as root, maybe only install nginx as root and do everything else a non-root user.

What about running updates/upgrades?

Host: Digitalocean

NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.04.2 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS"
VERSION_ID="18.04"

Thanks. I'll try nvm in future. Good to know. This is new for me.

PitaJ

Try sudo apt install build-essential

omega

@PitaJ said in [nodebb-plugin-import] Import your forum to NBB:

Try sudo apt install build-essential

Thanks & Ok DONE! Anything else?

omega

Mmmm... I can't wait for the one-click!

I ran essential build, used nvm and installed nodejs 12.4.0, all done as root user (sudo had issues).

Finally, I can see it listed in the ACP plugin list as installed ... bella Bella!

However I see no sign of it in the plugins drop down list, lets restart & rebuild... and it's all broken. One or more plugins has broken NodeBB and it's not starting, probably permission bitting me in the ass again... ok back to the drawing board.

PitaJ

Try running ./nodebb build after stopping NodeBB from the console

omega

@PitaJ Yea thanks. I had actually done that. Thought I posted same.

I disabled plugins. Works.

Basically This is a temp install to test importing a discourse dB.

I’ll play around more tomorrow. I might rebuild a new stack.

PitaJ

Please consider the following

test using Node 10, not Node 12
post any errors you encounter while running a build or starting NodeBB
use ./nodebb dev so you can see the errors in real time.
either do everything on root, or only use sudo with apt, systemctl, or other linux commands
install NodeBB to your user's home folder, so you know that permissions will be fine

omega

@PitaJ said in [nodebb-plugin-import] Import your forum to NBB:

Please consider the following

test using Node 10, not Node 12

post any errors you encounter while running a build or starting NodeBB

use ./nodebb dev so you can see the errors in real time.

either do everything on root, or only use sudo with apt, systemctl, or other linux commands

install NodeBB to your user's home folder, so you know that permissions will be fine

I ran this as sudo, a bit tricky installing Redis but everything installed as sudo (no need for nginx) but when it came to import plugin, same issue, looking like permissions - so forget that - I redid nodebb install all as root.

Both plugins import & import-discourse are installed and active, and all other plugins are de-activated.

My next question:

Is the import-plugin available somewhere via ACP or is it all command line?

I see screenshots on the git page but see nothing in the Plugins dropdown.