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.