Palette editor disabled : npm version too old

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After doing one of my periodic Raspbien stretch updates (using the typical update and upgrade commands), I am receiving the following error when NR starts:

Palette editor disabled : npm version too old. Requires npm >= 3.x

My current version of npm is 1.4.21 and that seems to be the latest available for this platform. The Palette editor does not appear in the menu.

Running Stretch 9.9

Thanks

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What version of NR are you running?
Have you updated NR using the script?
have you googled directions on upgrading npm?

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Hi Paul,

Thanks for the quick response

Running v0.19.4 of NR. Apparently, I didn’t use the install script properly to upgrade. However, when I did finally run it (as root), it upgraded my NR to v0.20.7 but deleted all my flows and user installed nodes (the flows are actually still in the flows_.json file and can be imported). I’m going to a backup and try the whole process again but I assume that running the install script should restore the flows and user nodes or is this incorrect?

Regards,

Ken Kayser

Tobaccoville, NC

kxkayser@gmail.com

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No need to do it again. Run

node-red-stop
node-red-start

and it will show you the name of the flows file it is running. Then replace that with the original flows file and restart node red again.

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On the other hand, if by running it as root you mean you actually logged in as root and ran the script then you could be in trouble. I think that if you ran it using sudo then you may be ok. You should not have done that of course.

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Hi Colin,

Well, I seem to have created several problems for myself. The “Script” wouldn’t run for me unless I ran it as root even under sudo. So now the user is root and all it’s looking in the wrong directories for the flows and nodes. However, I should have just run it as the normal user without trying to run it under sudo. I think that will work and hopefully solve my self created issues. Thanks much.

Ken Kayser

Tobaccoville, NC

kxkayser@gmail.com

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OK. When I do what I'm supposed to, it works as it should. lol I will close this issue as solved. Thanks for all the help

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