NodeBB stuck at v0.7.0 - Says no update is found

[MySelfLuls]

I was about to update the nodebb-theme-persona when I recieved the message that my NodeBB was not up-to-date for the newest version of Persona, but when going on the dashboard it says i am up-to-date.

I tried running the ./nodebb upgrade but that did not find any update either.

[julian]

... try again

But keep in mind you have to git pull before you run ./nodebb upgrade.

[MySelfLuls]

@julian
After doing "git pull" and recieving the "Already up-to-date" message i ran the ./notebb upgrade and recieved this error.

module.js:340
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'colors'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
at require (module.js:380:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/root/nodebb/nodebb:3:14)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)

[julian]

Please refer to the Upgrade Documentation

Hopefully all of your questions will be answered there.

[MySelfLuls]

@julian
I think i made a mistake on the way, when trying to run a command as simple as ./nodebb stop
I receive the same error.

module.js:340
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'colors'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
at require (module.js:380:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/root/nodebb/nodebb:3:14)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)

[codejet]

@julian what would explain a git pull , and then ./nodebb upgrade

start server and it says still 0.7.0 nothing changed

[julian]

@MySelfLuls Run npm i first, and then try to stop your NodeBB again.

[MySelfLuls]

@julian
Just tried running npm i.

Recieved this error.
I honestly suspect I have corrupted the system.

npm ERR! install Couldn't read dependencies
npm ERR! Failed to parse json
npm ERR! Unexpected token <
npm ERR! File: /root/nodebb/package.json
npm ERR! Failed to parse package.json data.
npm ERR! package.json must be actual JSON, not just JavaScript.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! This is not a bug in npm.
npm ERR! Tell the package author to fix their package.json file. JSON.parse

npm ERR! System Linux 3.16.0-28-generic
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "i"
npm ERR! cwd /root/nodebb
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.25
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.21
npm ERR! file /root/nodebb/package.json
npm ERR! code EJSONPARSE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /root/nodebb/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

[julian]

@MySelfLuls

$ git checkout v0.7.x
$ git reset --hard HEAD origin/v0.7.x
$ npm i
$ ./nodebb upgrade

[MySelfLuls]

@julian

When using the git checkout v0.7.x i recieved this error

Already on 'v0.7.x'
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/v0.7.x' by 12 commits.
(use "git push" to publish your local commits)

I was unsure if it was an actual error and went ahead to the git reset --hard HEAD origin/v0.7.x

Then I recieved this error:

fatal: Cannot do hard reset with paths.

[SimonQ]

Seems like we're both on the same boat @MySelfLuls

This is indeed very strange.

My post here

Edit: It seems they have pulled v0.7.1 for now

[julian]

Hey guys, let's stick to one post for convenience's sake

[julian]

Please refer to the latest instructions here: https://community.nodebb.org/topic/6088/update-merge-issue/7