I did a quick search, and found some instructions here: https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-run-node-red-on-windows-10-wsl-linux-subsystem/ Just checking to see if this info is up to date before proceeding? I tried running sudo -d install node-red but got: sudo: invalid option -- 'd' usage: su…

Node-RED is a node.js app so you can install it by doing npm install node-red --unsafe-perm in a convenient folder. You can also do the usual npm -g install node-red --unsafe-perm to install it globally if you prefer. It is unlikely that Dave's Pi install script will work because WSL doesn't inclu…

Cool, global install it is then. Ran npm -g install node-red --unsafe-perm, everything went well, and seems to work as intended. It seems npm install -g build-essentials is not of any use for WSL installations. Thank you.

@TotallyInformation is there a typo in option 2 in the link in the first message above ?

@TotallyInformation I believe he is referring to the command sudo -d install node-red as I'm not sure what that is supposed to be.

Oh right, yes I just ignored that as it was the wrong command of course, I gave the right one.

Oh, well why didn't someone tell me it was my text! :smiley: Corrected.

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Colin 26 July 2022 20:51 8

Would it be worth correcting the original posting at https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-run-node-red-on-windows-10-wsl-linux-subsystem/ (which you wrote I believe, in case you hadn't noticed).

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