# Manual install module with no nodes (before worked)

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/manual-install-module-with-no-nodes-before-worked/27682>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [2 June 2020 20:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/manual-install-module-with-no-nodes-before-worked/27682 "2020-06-02T20:04:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joris6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/joris6/32/23196_2.png) [@Joris6](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Joris6)\
**Post date:** [2 June 2020 20:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/manual-install-module-with-no-nodes-before-worked/27682/1 "2020-06-02T20:04:28Z")

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Hi,

Last night I reinstalled my Pi from scretch and I manually alter the node for Bluetooth from [node-red-contrib-ignoble](https://github.com/gtalusan/node-red-contrib-ignoble) to point to noble from [abandonware](https://github.com/abandonware/noble) . This allways worked and I have done this several times, at least a year ago. And normally I got the nodes in the palette of Node Red. But yesterday there are no new nodes visible.

What I do.

- Clone the repository.
- Alter package.json to look for the other source.
- npm pack
- go to ~/.nodered
- npm i   
Installation is a success.
- Restart node-red service  
-\> No nodes visible.

Do I miss something? I know that node-red-ignoble is basically EOL due lack of maintenance, and should use a stable maintained one. But it is the only BLE node that can send plain text to a UUID.

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Joris6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/joris6/32/23196_2.png) [@Joris6](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Joris6)\
**Post date:** [20 June 2020 09:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/manual-install-module-with-no-nodes-before-worked/27682/2 "2020-06-20T09:59:45Z")

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Fixed it. I've found an old backup of this node.  
Don't know what and I don't care for now. Long term is that I need to create or find BLE module that communicates with BLE. This module is no longer maintained.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [21 June 2020 21:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/manual-install-module-with-no-nodes-before-worked/27682/3 "2020-06-21T21:32:41Z")

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If the node is abandoned, consider persuading the original author to reassign it to you or fork it and then maintain your fork.

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**Author:** ![Joris6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/joris6/32/23196_2.png) [@Joris6](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Joris6)\
**Post date:** [22 June 2020 08:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/manual-install-module-with-no-nodes-before-worked/27682/4 "2020-06-22T08:13:35Z")

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That’s what I mean to see if a different node is available. I use this one in my project to avoid rewriting code.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [21 August 2020 08:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/manual-install-module-with-no-nodes-before-worked/27682/5 "2020-08-21T08:13:38Z")

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