Tutorial: Install NodeBB on DigitalOcean/Ubuntu 20.04

julian

Interested in installing NodeBB? The good news is that NodeBB is free and open-source forum software, so anybody can install and set it up, even you! This tutorial will help you get started in no time flat.

This is an updated post, with commands and best-practices updated to work with Ubuntu 20.04. View the original post for Ubuntu 18.04 here.

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ddos

I tried this installation and it did not work.

root@nodebb:~/nodebb# ./nodebb setup
Dependencies outdated or not yet installed.
Installing them now...

/bin/sh: 1: npm: not found
Error installing dependencies!
message: Command failed: npm install --omit=dev
stdout: null
stderr: null
/root/nodebb/src/cli/package-install.js:138
                throw e;
                ^

Error: Command failed: npm install --omit=dev
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:601:13)
    at Object.execSync (child_process.js:641:13)
    at Object.pkgInstall.installAll (/root/nodebb/src/cli/package-install.js:129:9)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/root/nodebb/src/cli/index.js:58:18)
    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)

julian

@ddos you didn't install node.js, that's necessary for installation of NodeBB. (That's step 4 by the way)

ddos

@julian said in Tutorial: Install NodeBB on DigitalOcean/Ubuntu 20.04:

@ddos you didn't install node.js, that's necessary for installation of NodeBB. (That's step 4 by the way)

Thanks @julian

I did install node.js as outlined by the tutorial, now I'm presented with ....

npm ERR! typeerror Error: Missing required argument #1
npm ERR! typeerror     at andLogAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:31:3)
npm ERR! typeerror     at fetchPackageMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:51:22)
npm ERR! typeerror     at resolveWithNewModule (/usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:456:12)
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:457:7
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:37:12
npm ERR! typeerror     at addRequestedAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:82:5)
npm ERR! typeerror     at returnAndAddMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:117:7)
npm ERR! typeerror     at pickVersionFromRegistryDocument (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:134:20)
npm ERR! typeerror     at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50
npm ERR! typeerror This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR! typeerror     <http://github.com/npm/npm/issues>
WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=12.22.0"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"})

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /root/nodebb/npm-debug.log
Error installing dependencies!
message: Command failed: npm install --omit=dev
stdout: null
stderr: null
/root/nodebb/src/cli/index.js:63
                throw e;
                ^

Error: Command failed: npm install --omit=dev
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:601:13)
    at Object.execSync (child_process.js:641:13)
    at Object.pkgInstall.installAll (/root/nodebb/src/cli/package-install.js:129:9)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/root/nodebb/src/cli/index.js:20:19)
    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)

cagatay

pls upgrade your npm if others are okey