Getting errors doing npm install --production

[Lettuce]

Hello everyone!

I am trying to run nodebb on an ubuntu VPS using following this guide: https://docs.nodebb.org/en/latest/installing/os/ubuntu.html

However, once I get to the step where I have to do "npm install --production", I get the following error; http://pastie.org/private/0ozja04ct3c3hwok7dr8tw.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Regards,
Lettuce.

[djcyry]

Try this :

apt-get remove --purge nodejs npm
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_5.x | sudo -E bash -
apt-get install nodejs

[A Former User]

@djcyry it is not recommended to use NodeJS 5, in a productive enviroment.

[Lettuce]

Anybody have any other input? Can't use nodejs 5.

[A Former User]

@Lettuce actually there was someone with the same issue just yesterday. Try the master branch maybe.

[pichalite]

@Lettuce try the solution in this topic https://community.nodebb.org/topic/7302/fatal-error-nan-h-no-such-file-or-directory

[Lettuce]

Thank you both many for your help. I read that and tried to switch to the master branch, however, I am not sure how to.

[Peter-Zoltan Keresztes]

@Lettuce cd to your nodebb path then type git checkout master then run git pull,
then you can go on with the standard installation procedure.

[Lettuce]

@Peter-Zoltan-Keresztes I did that and now am getting:
http://pastie.org/private/vi8v3r4jpf6xcod63nw22g

[pichalite]

@Lettuce run this sudo apt-get install libkrb5-dev