I appear to be stuck in an infinite loop trying to update node red 0.19.4 on Raspbian "Stretch" It is and old system and was working well until I tried installing an improved flow for my AI security add-on system. I've come the the conclusion that I needed to update to at least 1.3.something. I tried this:
Based on an old HSS thread:
https://discourse.nodered.org/t/home-surveillance-system-hss/51726/5
it seemed to work until I got this when I tried node-red-start:
"bash <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/node-red/linux-installers/master/deb/update-nodejs-and-nodered) --nodered-version="1.3.1"
If you wish to stay on nodejs 8 you can update to the latest Node-RED 1.x or 2.x version by adding
--nodered-version="1.3.7" or --nodered-version="2.2.2" to that install command. If in doubt this is the safer option.
Please backup your installation and flows before upgrading.
Note: not all embedded hardware can be updated via this method - please check before proceeding.
Exiting now.
pi@PiCam:~/AI_ncs $ bash <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/node-red/linux-installers/master/deb/update-nodejs-and-nodered) --nodered-version="1.3.7"
This script checks the version of node.js installed is 16 or greater. It will try to
install node 20 if none is found. It can optionally install node 18 or 20 LTS for you.
If necessary it will then remove the old core of Node-RED, before then installing the latest
version. You can also optionally specify the version required.
It also tries to run 'npm rebuild' to refresh any extra nodes you have installed
that may have a native binary component. While this normally works ok, you need
to check that it succeeds for your combination of installed nodes.
To do all this it runs commands as root - please satisfy yourself that this will
not damage your Pi, or otherwise compromise your configuration.
If in doubt please backup your SD card first.
See the optional parameters by re-running this command with --help
Are you really sure you want to do this ? [y/N] ? y
Would you like to install the Pi-specific nodes ? [y/N] ? y
Running Node-RED install for user pi at /home/pi on raspbian
This can take 20-30 minutes on the slower Pi versions - please wait.
Stop Node-RED ✔
Remove old version of Node-RED ✔
Node option not specified : --node18 or --node20
Leave existing Node.js : v8.11.1 Npm 1.4.21
Clean npm cache -
(node:3172) [DEP0022] DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.
npm ERR! not ok code 1 local
Install Node-RED core ✘
(node:3218) [DEP0022] DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.
Move global nodes to local -
Leave existing nodes -
Install extra Pi nodes ✔
Add shortcut commands ✔
Update systemd script ✔/nodered-install.log
All done.
You can now start Node-RED with the command node-red-start
or using the icon under Menu / Programming / Node-RED
Then point your browser to localhost:1880 or http://{your_pi_ip-address}:1880
Started : Fri May 16 21:39:42 CDT 2025
Finished: Fri May 16 21:40:07 CDT 2025
Just FYI : Your settings.js file is different from the latest defaults.
You may wish to run
diff -y --suppress-common-lines /usr/lib/node_modules/node-red/settings.js /home/pi/.node-red/settings.js
to compare them and see what the latest options are.
**********************************************************************************
### WARNING ###
DO NOT EXPOSE NODE-RED TO THE OPEN INTERNET WITHOUT SECURING IT FIRST
Even if your Node-RED doesn't have anything valuable, (automated) attacks will
happen and could provide a foothold in your local network
Follow the guide at https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/runtime/securing-node-red
to setup security.
### ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS ###
- Remove the /etc/sudoers.d/010_pi-nopasswd file to require entering your password
when performing any sudo/root commands:
sudo rm -f /etc/sudoers.d/010_pi-nopasswd
**********************************************************************************
pi@PiCam:~/AI_ncs $ 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
pi@PiCam:~/AI_ncs $
Any ideas? I can't really update to Bullseye or Bookworm because the whole point of this is to set up a demo on an old pi using the old Intel NCS stick, It works well for a demo but as the initial version of my AI system the false positive rate is far too high for any serious use. I was trying to bring the dashboard inline with my latest version.
