# 4.1.11 install question

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/4-1-11-install-question/101444>\
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**Created:** [10 July 2026 11:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/4-1-11-install-question/101444 "2026-07-10T11:14:58Z")\
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Short answer - no you can't...  
Nodejs22 (minimum we need) requires gcc-9 which doesn't seem to be in the Buster repo.

However if I manually upgrade to Bullseye (by sudo editing /etc/apt/souces.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspi.list to say bullseye instead of buster - then do a `sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade` then reboot) - then I get gcc-10 which is sufficient. However even then I have to use the "old" install script which you can download from here - [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/node-red/linux-installers/refs/heads/master/deb/update-nodejs-and-nodered](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/node-red/linux-installers/refs/heads/master/deb/update-nodejs-and-nodered) - which then installs nodejs22 and Node-RED 5.0.1.

So yes it can be made to work... but I would make sure I have backups before I proceeded to do it this way - and I can hardly recommend it as Bullseye is also long in the tooth and goes EOL Aug 31st.

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