# Node red installation is failing

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-is-failing/11445>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [23 May 2019 06:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-is-failing/11445 "2019-05-23T06:42:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Suresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Suresh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Suresh)\
**Post date:** [23 May 2019 06:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-is-failing/11445/1 "2019-05-23T06:42:25Z")

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Node-Red installation failing with the error "No compatible version found: [node-red-node-rbe@'^0.2.4](mailto:node-red-node-rbe@'%5e0.2.4)'" . Please see error below.

Following versions installed in my system.

# npm -v

1.2.32

# node -v

v0.10.12

npm ERR! Error: No compatible version found: node-red-node-rbe@'^0.2.4'  
npm ERR! Valid install targets:  
npm ERR! ["0.0.1","0.0.2","0.0.3","0.0.4","0.0.5","0.0.6","0.1.0","0.1.1","0.1.3","0.1.4","0.1.5","0.1.6","0.1.7","0.1.8","0.1.9","0.1.10","0.1.11","0.1.12","0.1.13","0.1.14","0.2.0","0.2.1","0.2.2","0.2.3","0.2.4"]

Regards,  
Suresh,

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [23 May 2019 06:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-is-failing/11445/2 "2019-05-23T06:44:17Z")

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Your versions of nodejs and npm are too old and unsupported. Please update them first, then retry

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [23 May 2019 07:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-is-failing/11445/3 "2019-05-23T07:34:19Z")

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> [@Suresh](#):
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> Node-Red installation failing with the error "No compatible version found: [node-red-node-rbe@'^0.2.4](mailto:node-red-node-rbe@'%5e0.2.4)'" . Please see error below.

What hardare and operating system are you trying to install onto?

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**Author:** ![Suresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Suresh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Suresh)\
**Post date:** [23 May 2019 08:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-is-failing/11445/4 "2019-05-23T08:00:27Z")

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Thank you very much for your response.  
Appreciate if you can provide the required npm version required to install nodered.  
Is it possible to install nodered without npm ?. I have memory constraint, hence asking.

Thanks,  
Suresh,

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [23 May 2019 08:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-is-failing/11445/5 "2019-05-23T08:06:07Z")

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You really need nodejs version 8  
That will come with npm by default

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**Author:** ![Suresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Suresh](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Suresh)\
**Post date:** [23 May 2019 09:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-installation-is-failing/11445/6 "2019-05-23T09:38:42Z")

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Thank you for the response.  
We are using 3.10 kernel and building for IoT GW.  
Build root version 2014.05.

Regards,  
Suresh.