# Node-Red Install Script not working

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-install-script-not-working/28273>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [13 June 2020 09:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-install-script-not-working/28273 "2020-06-13T09:31:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![dsporer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@dsporer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dsporer)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2020 09:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-install-script-not-working/28273/1 "2020-06-13T09:31:05Z")

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Hello,  
what can I do if this official node-red install script not working my Pi3 ?

curl -sL [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/node-red/linux-installers/master/deb/update-nodejs-and-nodered](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/node-red/linux-installers/master/deb/update-nodejs-and-nodered))

Error Messages are:

(node:1476) [DEP0022] DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead. nodes to local  
npm ERR! not ok code 1es  
Install Node-RED core ?  
(node:1514) [DEP0022] DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.emd script

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**Post date:** [13 June 2020 09:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-install-script-not-working/28273/2 "2020-06-13T09:35:44Z")

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What os/version have you flashed on the SD card?

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**Author:** ![dsporer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@dsporer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dsporer)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2020 09:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-install-script-not-working/28273/3 "2020-06-13T09:42:58Z")

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cat /etc/os-release reports Version "9 (stretch)"  
Raspbian.

All OS updates have been installed.

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**Post date:** [13 June 2020 09:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-install-script-not-working/28273/4 "2020-06-13T09:53:58Z")

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Can you share more of the log? The "errors" you e shared are not errors, just warnings.

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**Author:** ![dsporer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@dsporer](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dsporer)\
**Post date:** [13 June 2020 10:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-install-script-not-working/28273/5 "2020-06-13T10:17:08Z")

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But node-red-start reports  
"Node-Red-Start is not yet fully installed. Please re-run the install script again"  
then same result.

This is content of nodered-install.log:  
Started : Sa 13. Jun 12:11:00 CEST 2020  
Running for user pi at /home/pi  
Found global nodes: :

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

Paketlisten werden gelesen...  
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut....  
Statusinformationen werden eingelesen....  
Paket »nodered« ist nicht installiert, wird also auch nicht entfernt.  
Das folgende Paket wurde automatisch installiert und wird nicht mehr benötigt:  
libmicrodns0  
Verwenden Sie »sudo apt autoremove«, um es zu entfernen.  
0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.  
Already have nodejs v8.11.1  
Now install nodejs  
Versions: node:v8.11.1 npm:1.4.21  
Now install Node-RED  
(node:2425) [DEP0022] DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.  
npm ERR! Error: Method Not Allowed  
npm ERR! at errorResponse (/usr/share/npm/lib/cache/add-named.js:260:10)  
npm ERR! at /usr/share/npm/lib/cache/add-named.js:120:12  
npm ERR! at saved (/usr/share/npm/node\_modules/npm-registry-client/lib/get.js:167:7)  
npm ERR! at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:135:15)  
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this _entire_ log,  
npm ERR! including the npm and node versions, at:  
npm ERR! [http://github.com/npm/npm/issues](http://github.com/npm/npm/issues)

npm ERR! System Linux 4.19.66-v7+  
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "i" "-g" "--unsafe-perm" "--no-progress" "--no-update-notifier" "--no-audit" "--no-fund" "node-red@latest"  
npm ERR! cwd /home/pi  
npm ERR! node -v v8.11.1  
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.21  
npm ERR! code E405  
npm ERR!  
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:  
npm ERR! /home/pi/npm-debug.log  
npm ERR! not ok code 0  
Now create basic package.json for the user and move any global nodes  
Installing extra nodes: node-red-node-pi-gpio node-red-node-random node-red-node-ping node-red-contrib-play-audio node-red-node-smooth node-red-node-serialport :  
(node:2504) [DEP0022] DeprecationWarning: os.tmpDir() is deprecated. Use os.tmpdir() instead.  
npm ERR! Error: Method Not Allowed  
npm ERR! at errorResponse (/usr/share/npm/lib/cache/add-named.js:260:10)  
npm ERR! at /usr/share/npm/lib/cache/add-named.js:203:12  
npm ERR! at saved (/usr/share/npm/node\_modules/npm-registry-client/lib/get.js:167:7)  
npm ERR! at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:135:15)  
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this _entire_ log,  
npm ERR! including the npm and node versions, at:  
npm ERR! [http://github.com/npm/npm/issues](http://github.com/npm/npm/issues)

npm ERR! System Linux 4.19.66-v7+  
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "i" "--unsafe-perm" "--save" "--no-progress" "--no-update-notifier" "--no-audit" "--no-fund" "node-red-node-pi-gpio" "node-red-node-random" "node-red-node-ping" "node-red-contrib-play-audio" "node-red-node-smooth" "node-red-node-serialport"  
npm ERR! cwd /home/pi/.node-red  
npm ERR! node -v v8.11.1  
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.21  
npm ERR! code E405  
npm ERR!  
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:  
npm ERR! /home/pi/.node-red/npm-debug.log  
npm ERR! not ok code 0  
Now add the shortcut and start/stop/log scripts to the menu  
Now add systemd script and configure it for pi  
Now add launcher to top bar, add cpu temp example, make sure ping works  
Der Benutzer »pi« ist bereits ein Mitglied der Gruppe »gpio«.

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**Post date:** [13 June 2020 10:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-install-script-not-working/28273/6 "2020-06-13T10:38:13Z")

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node-red-start reports "npm-version too old"  
install npm reports "You have latest version 1.5.21+ds-2"  
what is that mess?

OK, I found solution here:  
Both npm and node are not up to date.  
sudo npm install -g n  
sudo n stable

Don't ask me about meaning of this,  
but now Palette Manager working in Node-Red  
linux has still not become easier 😓

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**Post date:** [13 June 2020 12:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-install-script-not-working/28273/7 "2020-06-13T12:56:51Z")

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The best solution would be to remove the versions of nodejs and npm (I guess they had somehow got installed from the Raspbian repository before you ran the script) and run the script again. So run  
`sudo apt-get remove nodejs npm`  
then run the script again.  
However I would also say that running stretch is not a good idea unless you need that version for some reason. It is no longer supported. You should use Buster.

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**Post date:** [12 August 2020 12:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-install-script-not-working/28273/8 "2020-08-12T12:56:52Z")

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