npm Error No valid versions available when attempting to upgrade NodeBB

Emotion

I tried upgrading my nodebb instance to the latest version and followed the instructions in the nodebb documentation. I got an error with a plugin called "nodebb-plugin-seo-thread" which I don't remember installing tbh and now I can't run nodebb.

I tried running the command to uninstall the plugin but it results in the same error.

$ ./nodebb reset -p nodebb-plugin-seo-thread
Dependencies outdated or not yet installed.
Installing them now...

npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797)
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797)
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: https://github.com/lydell/resolve-url#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please see https://github.com/lydell/urix#deprecated
npm ERR! code ENOVERSIONS
npm ERR! No valid versions available for nodebb-plugin-seo-thread

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/USER/.npm/_logs/2021-01-09T04_03_14_732Z-debug.log
Error installing dependencies!
message: Command failed: npm install --production
stdout: null
stderr: null
/var/www/emotionforums.com/nodebb/src/cli/package-install.js:81
                throw e;
                ^

Error: Command failed: npm install --production
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:629:11)
    at Object.execSync (child_process.js:666:13)
    at Object.installAll (/var/www/emotionforums.com/nodebb/src/cli/package-install.js:72:9)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/var/www/emotionforums.com/nodebb/src/cli/index.js:60:18)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:692:17)

Any help would be appreciated.

julian

@emotion just remove the folder nodebb-plugin-seo-thread from the node_modules/ folder.

That error you're seeing is related to the proper dependencies not being installed, so it tried to install them first before doing what you want (which was deactivating the plugin). Hence the error.

Emotion

@julian Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I thought of doing that but there's no folder called nodebb-plugin-seo-thread in node_modules. There's a folder called nodebb-plugin-seo. I just moved it to a different directory and tried the upgrade command again.

Same thing, still results in an error about nodebb-plugin-seo-thread

How do I troubleshoot this problem?

PitaJ

@emotion try npm rm nodebb-plugin-seo-thread

Emotion

@pitaj

Thanks, but it's the same error:

$ npm rm nodebb-plugin-seo-thread
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797)
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797)
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: https://github.com/lydell/resolve-url#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please see https://github.com/lydell/urix#deprecated
npm ERR! code ENOVERSIONS
npm ERR! No valid versions available for nodebb-plugin-seo-thread

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/MY_USER/.npm/_logs/2021-01-10T04_45_16_534Z-debug.log

PitaJ

@emotion please share you package.json

Try removing that plugin from the dependencies section.

Emotion

@pitaj

The plugin was indeed in the dependencies section even though it was not installed on my nodeBB instance, weird.

Removing it has fixed the error. Thank you so much for your help

Here's how the package.json file looked like:

{
  "name": "nodebb",
  "license": "GPL-3.0",
  "description": "NodeBB Forum",
  "version": "1.16.1",
  "homepage": "http://www.nodebb.org",
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/"
  },
  "main": "app.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node loader.js",
    "lint": "npx eslint --cache ./nodebb .",
    "test": "npx nyc --reporter=html --reporter=text-summary npx mocha",
    "coverage": "nyc report --reporter=text-lcov > ./coverage/lcov.info",
    "coveralls": "nyc report --reporter=text-lcov | coveralls && rm -r coverage"
  },
  "husky": {
    "hooks": {
      "pre-commit": "npx lint-staged",
      "commit-msg": "npx commitlint -E HUSKY_GIT_PARAMS"
    }
  },
  "lint-staged": {
    "*.js": [
      "eslint --fix",
      "git add"
    ]
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@adactive/bootstrap-tagsinput": "^0.8.2",
    "@nodebb/bootswatch": "3.4.2",
    "ace-builds": "^1.4.9",
    "archiver": "^5.0.0",
    "async": "^3.2.0",
    "autoprefixer": "10.2.0",
    "bcryptjs": "2.4.3",
    "benchpressjs": "2.4.0",
    "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
    "bootbox": "4.4.0",
    "bootstrap": "^3.4.1",
    "chart.js": "^2.9.3",
    "cli-graph": "^3.2.2",
    "clipboard": "^2.0.6",
    "colors": "^1.4.0",
    "commander": "^6.0.0",
    "compare-versions": "3.6.0",
    "compression": "^1.7.4",
    "connect-ensure-login": "^0.1.1",
    "connect-flash": "^0.1.1",
    "connect-mongo": "3.2.0",
    "connect-multiparty": "^2.2.0",
    "connect-pg-simple": "^6.1.0",
    "connect-redis": "5.0.0",
    "cookie-parser": "^1.4.5",
    "cron": "^1.8.2",
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    "csurf": "^1.11.0",
    "daemon": "^1.1.0",
    "diff": "^5.0.0",
    "express": "^4.17.1",
    "express-session": "^1.17.0",
    "express-useragent": "^1.0.13",
    "graceful-fs": "^4.2.3",
    "helmet": "^4.0.0",
    "html-to-text": "6.0.0",
    "ipaddr.js": "^2.0.0",
    "jquery": "3.5.1",
    "jquery-deserialize": "2.0.0-rc1",
    "jquery-form": "4.3.0",
    "jquery-serializeobject": "1.0.0",
    "jquery-ui": "1.12.1",
    "jsesc": "3.0.2",
    "json2csv": "5.0.5",
    "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
    "less": "^3.11.1",
    "lodash": "^4.17.15",
    "logrotate-stream": "^0.2.6",
    "lru-cache": "6.0.0",
    "material-design-lite": "^1.3.0",
    "mime": "^2.4.4",
    "mkdirp": "^1.0.4",
    "mongodb": "3.6.3",
    "morgan": "^1.10.0",
    "mousetrap": "^1.6.5",
    "nconf": "^0.11.0",
    "nodebb-plugin-composer-default": "6.5.5",
    "nodebb-plugin-dbsearch": "4.1.2",
    "nodebb-plugin-emoji": "^3.3.0",
    "nodebb-plugin-emoji-android": "2.0.0",
    "nodebb-plugin-gamification": "^1.0.1",
    "nodebb-plugin-markdown": "8.12.4",
    "nodebb-plugin-mentions": "2.13.6",
    "nodebb-plugin-question-and-answer": "^0.7.7",
    "nodebb-plugin-require": "0.0.6",
    "nodebb-plugin-seo": "^1.0.0",
    "nodebb-plugin-seo-slug-friendly": "0.0.8",
    "nodebb-plugin-seo-thread": "^0.1.10",
    "nodebb-plugin-soundpack-default": "1.0.0",
    "nodebb-plugin-spam-be-gone": "0.7.7",
    "nodebb-rewards-essentials": "0.1.4",
    "nodebb-theme-lavender": "5.0.17",
    "nodebb-theme-persona": "10.3.17",
    "nodebb-theme-slick": "1.3.7",
    "nodebb-theme-vanilla": "11.3.10",
    "nodebb-widget-essentials": "5.0.2",
    "nodemailer": "^6.4.6",
    "nprogress": "0.2.0",
    "passport": "^0.4.1",
    "passport-http-bearer": "^1.0.1",
    "passport-local": "1.0.0",
    "pg": "^8.0.2",
    "pg-cursor": "^2.1.9",
    "postcss": "8.1.10",
    "postcss-clean": "1.1.0",
    "promise-polyfill": "^8.1.3",
    "prompt": "^1.0.0",
    "redis": "3.0.2",
    "request": "2.88.2",
    "request-promise-native": "^1.0.8",
    "requirejs": "2.3.6",
    "rimraf": "3.0.2",
    "rss": "^1.2.2",
    "sanitize-html": "^2.0.0",
    "semver": "^7.2.1",
    "serve-favicon": "^2.5.0",
    "sharp": "0.27.0",
    "sitemap": "^6.1.0",
    "slideout": "1.0.1",
    "socket.io": "3.0.5",
    "socket.io-adapter-cluster": "^1.0.1",
    "socket.io-client": "3.0.5",
    "socket.io-redis": "6.0.1",
    "sortablejs": "1.10.2",
    "spdx-license-list": "^6.1.0",
    "spider-detector": "2.0.0",
    "textcomplete": "^0.17.1",
    "textcomplete.contenteditable": "^0.1.1",
    "timeago": "^1.6.7",
    "tinycon": "0.6.8",
    "toobusy-js": "^0.5.1",
    "uglify-es": "^3.3.9",
    "validator": "13.5.2",
    "visibilityjs": "2.0.2",
    "winston": "3.3.3",
    "xml": "^1.0.1",
    "xregexp": "^4.3.0",
    "zxcvbn": "^4.4.2"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@apidevtools/swagger-parser": "10.0.2",
    "@commitlint/cli": "11.0.0",
    "@commitlint/config-angular": "11.0.0",
    "coveralls": "3.1.0",
    "eslint": "7.17.0",
    "eslint-config-airbnb-base": "14.2.1",
    "eslint-plugin-import": "2.22.1",
    "grunt": "1.3.0",
    "grunt-contrib-watch": "1.1.0",
    "husky": "4.3.6",
    "jsdom": "16.4.0",
    "lint-staged": "10.5.3",
    "mocha": "8.2.1",
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    "smtp-server": "3.8.0"
  },
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    "url": "https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues"
  },
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=10"
  },
  "maintainers": [
    {
      "name": "Andrew Rodrigues",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "url": "https://github.com/psychobunny"
    },
    {
      "name": "Julian Lam",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "url": "https://github.com/julianlam"
    },
    {
      "name": "Barış Soner Uşaklı",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "url": "https://github.com/barisusakli"
    }
  ],
  "nyc": {
    "exclude": [
      "src/upgrades/*",
      "test/*"
    ]
  }
}

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