Just checked my installation, which has been working uninterrupted for quite some time now and realized it's out of date, so I run sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red with result:
npm WARN deprecated bcrypt@3.0.6: versions < v5.0.0 do not handle NUL in passwords properly
npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.0: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated bcrypt@3.0.8: versions < v5.0.0 do not handle NUL in passwords properly
/home/adam/.npm-global/bin/node-red -> /home/adam/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/node-red/red.js
/home/adam/.npm-global/bin/node-red-pi -> /home/adam/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/node-red/bin/node-red-pi
+ node-red@1.2.1
updated 1 package in 35.563s
Then service node-red restart and check, my Node-Red is still v1.0.6, reboot the PC and... still v1.0.6
Any thoughts?
What hardware/os are you running on and how did you install node-red? I don't recognise the .npm-global path there.
Stop the service and start node-red in a terminal. Post the output you get here please. Use the </> button at the top of the forum text window when pasting it in.
Further to my previous post I think I see the problem. Somehow (either intentionally or not) npm has been configured to install global nodes into the .npm-global folder under /home/adam. So when you install node-red it is going into that folder. I suspect that your service is using a different set of global nodes installed in the system location, which is where the original node-red is installed.
17 Oct 17:32:54 - [info]
Welcome to Node-RED
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17 Oct 17:32:54 - [info] Node-RED version: v1.0.6
17 Oct 17:32:54 - [info] Node.js version: v10.22.1
17 Oct 17:32:54 - [info] Linux 4.15.0-121-generic x64 LE
17 Oct 17:32:54 - [info] Loading palette nodes
17 Oct 17:32:56 - [info] Dashboard version 2.23.4 started at /ui
17 Oct 17:32:56 - [info] Settings file : /home/adam/.node-red/settings.js
17 Oct 17:32:56 - [info] Context store : 'default' [module=localfilesystem]
17 Oct 17:32:56 - [info] User directory : /home/adam/.node-red
17 Oct 17:32:56 - [warn] Projects disabled : editorTheme.projects.enabled=false
17 Oct 17:32:56 - [info] Flows file : /home/adam/.node-red/flows_linux-pc.js on
17 Oct 17:32:56 - [info] Server now running at http://127.0.0.1:1880/
17 Oct 17:32:56 - [warn]
I use NodeRed since early days, it's the only NodeJS service I have on my PC, already had problems, prior NodeRed v1 with my installation, I completely removed everything and installed using sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red
I think, I did few upgrades since, always assumed everything went okay.
So as I thought, it is being installed to the wrong directory. There is something unusual about your npm setup so that global nodes are going in the wrong place. I don't know why that might be.
If no-one else knows the reason then I can only suggest that you purge npm and nodejs sudo apt purge npm sudo apt purge nodejs
And then reinstall using the recommended node red install script for Debian/Ubuntu/rasbian from the node red docs. If you go to the getting started guide and follow the links for installing on a pi then you will find it.
then I have following result when I try node-red-start:
node-red-start
Node-RED is not yet fully installed. Please re-run the install script again manually.
bash <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/node-red/linux-installers/master/deb/update-nodejs-and-nodered)
then retry node-red-start
Here they are (I tried to install it few times as the error message suggested):
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Started : Sat 17 Oct 22:24:12 BST 2020
Running for user adam at /home/adam
Found global nodes: :
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E: Unable to locate package nodered
Already have nodejs v10.22.1
Now install nodejs
Versions: node:v10.22.1 npm:6.14.6
Now install Node-RED
npm WARN deprecated bcrypt@3.0.6: versions < v5.0.0 do not handle NUL in passwords properly
npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.0: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated bcrypt@3.0.8: versions < v5.0.0 do not handle NUL in passwords properly
/home/adam/.npm-global/bin/node-red -> /home/adam/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/node-red/red.js
/home/adam/.npm-global/bin/node-red-pi -> /home/adam/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/node-red/bin/node-red-pi
+ node-red@1.2.1
updated 1 package in 16.477s
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Now add launcher to top bar, add cpu temp example, make sure ping works
Memory : 11G
Finished : Sat 17 Oct 22:24:12 BST 2020
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Running for user adam at /home/adam
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npm WARN deprecated bcrypt@3.0.6: versions < v5.0.0 do not handle NUL in passwords properly
npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.0: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated bcrypt@3.0.8: versions < v5.0.0 do not handle NUL in passwords properly
/home/adam/.npm-global/bin/node-red-pi -> /home/adam/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/node-red/bin/node-red-pi
/home/adam/.npm-global/bin/node-red -> /home/adam/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/node-red/red.js
+ node-red@1.2.1
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Now add launcher to top bar, add cpu temp example, make sure ping works
Memory : 11G
Finished : Sat 17 Oct 22:26:16 BST 2020
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npm WARN deprecated bcrypt@3.0.6: versions < v5.0.0 do not handle NUL in passwords properly
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/home/adam/.npm-global/bin/node-red -> /home/adam/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/node-red/red.js
/home/adam/.npm-global/bin/node-red-pi -> /home/adam/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/node-red/bin/node-red-pi
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1.2.1
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Memory : 11G
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Just removed nodejs and npm, manually removed any nodered and nodejs relations form home and local/lib and re-started installation with the same result
As you can see, node red is still being installed to .npm-global for some reason, so there is something wing with your npm config. I don't know what that might be. Google suggests the global location can be set by an environment variable or possibly by an npm config option. Something you have done previously, or something you have installed, must be causing that. Have a look at your environment variables and see if there is anything npm related and delete your .npm folder.
@Colin if think, you're right, I just checked my .profile file and there is export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH Do I just delete this line and apt purge nodejs with all the remaining folders, or is there anything else I need to do to roll it back to "normal"?
Last night (my time) was getting too late and I started NodeRED flows on Docker. I'll try to sort this again tonight. I don't think I have nvm installed, how do I check it?
Thank you for all your help, I'll post the reply whether I sorted this or not.
I think if you delete that line, reboot, and run the install script again that should be all you need to do. No need to uninstall nodejs.
If it still doesn't work then post the install log again.
Deleted the line, uninstalled (purge) nodejs and npm, deleted .npm-global folder and rebooted before I tried to install with the script, still doesn't work, log:
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/home/adam/.npm-global/bin/node-red-pi -> /home/adam/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/node-red/bin/node-red-pi
/home/adam/.npm-global/bin/node-red -> /home/adam/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/node-red/red.js
> bcrypt@3.0.6 install /home/adam/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/bcrypt
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
node-pre-gyp WARN Using request for node-pre-gyp https download
node-pre-gyp WARN Tried to download(404): https://github.com/kelektiv/node.bcrypt.js/releases/download/v3.0.6/bcrypt_lib-v3.0.6-node-v72-linux-x64-glibc.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not found for bcrypt@3.0.6 and node@12.19.0 (node-v72 ABI, glibc) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
make: Entering directory '/home/adam/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/bcrypt/build'
CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bcrypt_lib/src/blowfish.o
CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bcrypt_lib/src/bcrypt.o
CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bcrypt_lib/src/bcrypt_node.o
SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/bcrypt_lib.node
COPY Release/bcrypt_lib.node
COPY /home/adam/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/bcrypt/lib/binding/bcrypt_lib.node
TOUCH Release/obj.target/action_after_build.stamp
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> bcrypt@3.0.8 install /home/adam/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/node-red-admin/node_modules/bcrypt
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
node-pre-gyp WARN Using request for node-pre-gyp https download
[bcrypt] Success: "/home/adam/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/node-red-admin/node_modules/bcrypt/lib/binding/bcrypt_lib.node" is installed via remote
+ node-red@1.2.1
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/home/adam/.npm-global/bin/node-red -> /home/adam/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/node-red/red.js
+ node-red@1.2.1
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1.2.1
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Now add systemd script and configure it for adam
Now add launcher to top bar, add cpu temp example, make sure ping works
Memory : 11G
Finished : Sun 18 Oct 20:21:41 BST 2020
Did you look at those and see what is (probably) the problem and try to work out what to do about it?
As you can see both have prefix = "/home/adam/.npm-global" which I imagine is the problem. Looking at the npm docs (which is where I found the npm config list command I think what you need to do is to get rid of the prefix config which, I assume, will then revert to the default. So try npm config delete prefix
Then run npm config list again and check it has gone. I am not sure about the relationship between that and .npmrc so then have a look at that and see if the prefix line has gone. If it hasn't then delete it.
Close the terminal down and reopen it, in fact maybe reboot just to be sure, and run the script again and see where it has installed node-red to. You won't need to uninstall nodejs, you are just fiddling with settings so no need to do that.
