Node-RED

Node module update issue

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#21

Ahh never mind, remove is an alias of uninstall

#22

Though I've fixed my issue the hard-way (by deletion and altering package.json), I still wonder why isn't it possible to remove node-red-node-email@0.1.29 at first place by issuing the uninstall command?
Any feedback on this will be appreciated as I have another machine to update and I don't feel the urge to go that path for a number of modules :neutral_face:

#23

No, remove is the linux cmd rm (= delete).

#24

Was it not the fact that you had installed two versions and remove took out one but not the other?

#25

I think the original command needs updating - I think it should be

cd ~/usr/lib/node_modules/node-red
sudo npm uninstall --unsafe-perm node-red-node-email

I'll fix the docs

#26

What happens the next time you run the update-nodejs-and-nodered script?
I think it will install node-red-node-email@0.1.29 again because of the dependency
node-red-node-email": "0.1.* in the package.json

#27

hmmm yes - quicker we get to 0.20 the better.

#28

As @cflurin mentioned, I can confirm that updating node-red brings back the old modules. I experienced this after I individually updated email module to 1.0.1 and then later updated the entire node-red which in a result replaced email module back with 0.1.29

#29

@dceejay Thanks for the tip. The command you mentioned actually did work nicely, though I had to change the path a bit. It should run inside

/usr/lib/node_modules/node-red

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#30

Thanks - edited my post above so as not to confuse others.
Also we are looking at a better fix that will hopefully be in 0.19.3

#31

Windows 10 user... I cannot uninstall "node-red-node-email" in order to upgrade it...
"mpn uninstall -g node-red-node-email" won't uninstall the package.
How do I do this with Windows 10 if that syntax is wrong?

Kind Regards.

#32

Check your spelling
npm - "Node Package Manager"
mpn - may refer to: Manufacturer part number says the Google
:wink:

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#33

sometimes you get reality to hit you pretty hard.. the problem is it's when you least expect it.

#34

OK I checked to see if I used the incorrect syntax on the system. I didn't.

npm uninstall -g node-red-node-email

and it replied...
up to date in 0.047s

but did not uninstall anything.
shows node-red-node-email as 0.1.29
an update is available as 1.0.4
I cannot update, I get an error.

"Failed to update: node-red-node-email
Module not locally installed
Check the log for more information"

I'm not sure how to proceed. I'm guessing I just have to use the older version.

#35

I'm not expert on npm in any way, but have you tried it in the way that was suggested earlier in this topic by dceejay?

cd ~/usr/lib/node_modules/node-red
npm uninstall --unsafe-perm node-red-node-email

#36

not quite what I said... may need an extra sudo with that command...

#37

For windows user I did removed the sudo. Is it ok, I don't know.

#38

Ah - for a windows user you may need to be in admin mode... other way is to find the node-red-node-email directory and just zap it :slight_smile: (then restart node-red)

#39

For windows users!
The node-red-node-email folder to delete is located at:
C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-red\node_modules

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#40

My experience is this:

Find your global npm root folder

npm -g root

Then navigate to the node-red/node_modules folder below that.

Then

npm uninstall --unsafe-perm node-red-node-email

Restart node-red (you get a warning the module is missing), then install it via the palette manager. Also fully refresh the browser window (shift refresh).

You will find the same issue with the -rbe and the -twitter node.

YMMV