Issue installing NodeBB on Centos 7

[Huskymakes]

When I run the command: ./nodebb setup

I get this error:

/root/nodebb/src/cli/package-install.js:70
const extraneous = !packageContents.dependencies.hasOwnProperty(pkgName);
^^^^^
SyntaxError: Use of const in strict mode.
at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:73:16)
at Module._compile (module.js:443:25)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10)
at Module.load (module.js:355:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:310:12)
at Module.require (module.js:365:17)
at require (module.js:384:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/root/nodebb/src/cli/index.js:6:22)
at Module._compile (module.js:460:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10)

Any help would be appreciated.

[PitaJ]

Your version of Node.js is too old

[Shard]

Unfortunately, projects like NodeBB don't tend to do well with Extreme Stable spins like RHEL/CENT.

I would check and see if there is a more current node available in EPEL - Node's documentation recommends using this source: https://github.com/nodesource/distributions

I don't know if this matters for you, but the Fedora versions are usually new enough if you're in an environment where a "nonstable" spin is acceptable.

[PitaJ]

Alternatively you can use something like NVM to install Node, instead of using the package manager of your distro.

[Dravere]

You can also find NodeJS packages for RHEL and CENT at NodeSource: https://github.com/nodesource/distributions

Or you can use Docker. That would give you even an additional layer of security.

[Huskymakes]

Thank you very much guys I managed to get it sorted, not really sure how haha

[scottalanmiller]

Same issue came up, NodeBB install errors on Amazon Linux. But the issue there was using NodeJS that was too new, rather than too old. Used NVM and dropped the version down to 10.8.0 and it worked fine.

[PitaJ]

@scottalanmiller WHAT?! What version of NodeBB are you trying to use? Node 0.10.8 is ages old and certainly doesn't support const.

[scottalanmiller]

Should have been 10.8.0, sorry.

[julian]

Wonder what that error was... did we end up fixing it

[scottalanmiller]

@julian said in Issue installing NodeBB on Centos 7:

Wonder what that error was... did we end up fixing it

No, getting issues on CentOS 7 still, too.

[scottalanmiller]

Related, I think, getting this from any version of NodeJS...

OK
Dependencies outdated or not yet installed.
Installing them now...

npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: CircularJSON is in maintenance only, flatted is its successor.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This version is no longer maintained. Please upgrade to the latest version.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This version is no longer maintained. Please upgrade to the latest version.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This version is no longer maintained. Please upgrade to the latest version.

> [email protected] install /opt/nodebb2/node_modules/benchpressjs
> cd rust/benchpress-rs && npm install

npm WARN invalid config loglevel="notice"
npm ERR! Linux 3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! node v6.14.3
npm ERR! npm  v3.10.10
npm ERR! path /root/.npm/neon-cli/0.2.0/package
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall mkdir

npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/root/.npm/neon-cli/0.2.0/package'
npm ERR!     at Error (native)
npm ERR!  { Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/root/.npm/neon-cli/0.2.0/package'
npm ERR!     at Error (native)
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'mkdir',
npm ERR!   path: '/root/.npm/neon-cli/0.2.0/package',
npm ERR!   parent: 'benchpress-rs' }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /opt/nodebb2/node_modules/benchpressjs/rust/benchpress-rs/npm-debug.log
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of eslint@^4.9.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of ajv@^6.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 243
npm ERR! [email protected] install: `cd rust/benchpress-rs && npm install`
npm ERR! Exit status 243
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/2018-11-26T20_52_31_930Z-debug.log
Error installing dependencies!
message: Command failed: npm install --production
stdout: null
stderr: null
/opt/nodebb2/src/cli/package-install.js:54
		throw e;
		^

Error: Command failed: npm install --production
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:621:11)
    at Object.execSync (child_process.js:658:13)
    at Object.installAll (/opt/nodebb2/src/cli/package-install.js:45:9)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/opt/nodebb2/src/cli/index.js:58:18)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:733:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:620:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:560:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:552:3)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:658:17)

[PitaJ]

@scottalanmiller are you running any NodeBB commands as root?

[scottalanmiller]

@PitaJ said in Issue installing NodeBB on Centos 7:

@scottalanmiller are you running any NodeBB commands as root?

Yes, the installer.

[PitaJ]

@scottalanmiller running any ./nodebb command as root is not supported. You should install and run NodeBB as an unprivileged user.

[PitaJ]

If you wish to fix this, though, you should be able to run npm install in the NodeBB directory as root to resolve it.

[scottalanmiller]

@PitaJ said in Issue installing NodeBB on Centos 7:

@scottalanmiller running any ./nodebb command as root is not supported. You should install and run NodeBB as an unprivileged user.

Doh. Obviously. Thanks, having a brainfart from lack of sleep.