Error rc217 or 247. When installing, deleting, updating nodes

General
1

Hello. I have this error

npm install --no-audit --no-update-notifier --no-fund --save --save-prefix=~ --omit=dev --engine-strict @node-red-contrib-themes/theme-collection@4.0.11
 rc=217

when installing, deleting, updating nodes. Can someone help me solve this problem? This happens for each node.

2

Welcome to the forum @Alex_engineer.

What operating system are you running Node-red on?
Are you using Docker?

3

Ubuntu 22.04. Docker not used

4

Try this:

cd ~/.node-red
rm package-lock.json
mv node_modules node_modules.old
npm install

It should re-install all of your nodes.
If you get any error messages, please show us.

5

Ok, I'll try this

6

This may be because you have tried to install multiple nodes in parallel (not waiting for a long running install to finish fully before installing another node).

run

npm cache clean --force

on the command line.

7

This results in an error rc=247

"2025-03-09T17:35:26.566Z npm install --no-audit --no-update-notifier --no-fund --save --save-prefix=~ --omit=dev --engine-strict node-red-contrib-miio-humidifier@0.9.5
2025-03-09T17:35:36.895Z rc=247"

The folder with the installed node is present in the .nodered folder, but the node is missing from the installed nodes panel

8

I did the same, it doesn't help

9

Did this work previously, or is this the first time you have tried to install nodes?

What do these commands show?
which node
which npm
node -v
npm -v
apt policy nodejs
apt policy npm

10

Everything worked before

/home/alex/.nvm/versions/node/v20.16.0/bin/node
/home/alex/.nvm/versions/node/v20.16.0/bin/npm
v20.16.0
10.9.2
nodejs:
  Installed: (missing)
  Candidate:   12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6
  Version table:
     12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe amd64 Packages
     12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages
npm:
  Installed: (missing)
  Candidate:   8.5.1~ds-1
  Version table:
     8.5.1~ds-1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
11

I see you did not install using the recommended install script for Debian based systems.

The problem with using nvm, as you have, is the the versions of nodejs and nvm in use can vary dependent on the circumstance, which is why it is not recommended to use it with node-red.

My recommendation would be to get rid of nvm entirely (making sure to delete the .nvm folder) and re-install using the recommended script. You should not lose your existing flows when you do that, but of course you do have that all backed up anyway, just in case.

12

My system runs on ubuntu 22.04. Version node red 4.0.9. Recommended script for Debian system. Deleting a folder .nvm and re-installing the global installation did not lead to anything. Before all the actions taken from your recommendations, the cronplus node disappeared from the nodered panel, but its folders in .node-red remained. And the folders of newly installed nodes also appear, but are missing from the nodes panel

13

It is for all Debian based systems. On the page linked it says
This script will work on any Debian-based operating system, including Ubuntu

What do you mean by re-installing the global installation? Did you use the script?

What do the commands I asked for previously show now?

14

Installing with a script did not solve the problem, I also get an error rc=217

Stop Node-RED                       ✔
  Remove old version of Node-RED      ✔
  Node option not specified           :   --node18 or --node20
  Leave existing Node.js              :   v20.18.3   Npm 10.8.2
  Clean npm cache                     -
  Install Node-RED core               ✔   4.0.9
  Move global nodes to local          -
  Leave existing nodes                -
  Install extra Pi nodes              ✔
  Add shortcut commands               ✔
  Update systemd script               ✔
15

You didn't answer the question:
What do the commands I asked for previously show now?

16

Sorry

/home/alex/.nvm/versions/node/v20.16.0/bin/node
/home/alex/.nvm/versions/node/v20.16.0/bin/npm
v20.16.0
10.9.2
nodejs:
  Installed: (missing)
  Candidate:  12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6
  Version table:
     12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe amd64 Packages
     12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages
npm:
  Installed: (missing)
  Candidate:   8.5.1~ds-1
  Version table:
     8.5.1~ds-1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
17

You said you had deleted the .nvm folder. Make sure you completely remove all traces of nvm. Google how to completely remove nvm. Then make sure that the commands I suggested show that neither nodejs nor npm are installed. Then run the install script again.

18

The answer to the above query, after deleting node

Command 'node' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install nodejs
/usr/bin/env: «node»: No such file or directory
nodejs:
  Installed: (missing)
  Candidate:   12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6
  Version table:
     12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe amd64 Packages
     12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages
npm:
  Installed: (missing)
  Candidate:   8.5.1~ds-1
  Version table:
     8.5.1~ds-1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Response to the recommended script

Stop Node-RED                       ✔
  Remove old version of Node-RED      ✔
  Using NVM to manage Node.js         +   please run   nvm use lts   before running Node-REDde.js                     
  NOTE: Using nvm is NOT RECOMMENDED.     Node-RED will not run as a service under nvm.ll Node-RED core               
/dev/fd/63: строка 451: nvm: command not found
/dev/fd/63: строка 455: nvm: command not found
/dev/fd/63: строка 456: nvm: command not found
  Update Node.js 20                   ✔ - Using nvm is NOT recommended/supported✘   Bad install:  Node.js missing  Npm missing - Exit
19

The script has detected that you still have nvm active, and is telling you that is not recommended, as I keep saying, you should completely remove nvm.

20

Hello. I deleted everything completely and installed node red using a script. The response to the commands is:

v20.18.3
10.8.2
nodejs:
  Installed: (missing)
  Candidate:   12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6
  Version table:
     12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe amd64 Packages
     12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages
npm:
  Installed: (missing)
  Candidate:   8.5.1~ds-1
  Version table:
     8.5.1~ds-1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status