# Problem with install node-red-contrib-mssql-plus
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-with-install-node-red-contrib-mssql-plus/98286
**Category:** General
**Created:** [24 July 2025 07:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-with-install-node-red-contrib-mssql-plus/98286 "2025-07-24T07:21:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Oleg](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Oleg)
#### Post date: [24 July 2025 07:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-with-install-node-red-contrib-mssql-plus/98286/1 "2025-07-24T07:21:56Z")
Hello,
I have problem with install node-red-contrib-mssql-plus
```auto
2025-07-24T07:10:29.932Z npm install --no-audit --no-update-notifier --no-fund --save --save-prefix=~ --omit=dev --engine-strict node-red-contrib-mssql-plus@0.13.1
2025-07-24T07:10:33.775Z [err] npm
2025-07-24T07:10:33.775Z [err] ERR! code EBADENGINE
2025-07-24T07:10:33.778Z [err] npm ERR! engine
2025-07-24T07:10:33.778Z [err] Unsupported engine
2025-07-24T07:10:33.778Z [err] npm ERR!
2025-07-24T07:10:33.778Z [err] engine Not compatible with your version of node/npm: @azure/core-auth@1.10.0
2025-07-24T07:10:33.779Z [err] npm
2025-07-24T07:10:33.779Z [err] ERR! notsup Not compatible with your version of node/npm: @azure/core-auth@1.10.0
2025-07-24T07:10:33.779Z [err] npm ERR! notsup
2025-07-24T07:10:33.779Z [err] Required: {"node":">=20.0.0"}
2025-07-24T07:10:33.779Z [err] npm ERR! notsup Actual: {"npm":"9.2.0"}
2025-07-24T07:10:33.782Z [err]
2025-07-24T07:10:33.782Z [err] npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
2025-07-24T07:10:33.782Z [err] npm ERR!
2025-07-24T07:10:33.782Z [err] /root/.npm/_logs/2025-07-24T07_10_30_348Z-debug-0.log
2025-07-24T07:10:33.796Z rc=1
```
Node-Red version: 4.0.9:
Operation system: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS
Node.js version: v22.17.1
npm version: 10.9.2
Please help to fix it.
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [24 July 2025 07:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-with-install-node-red-contrib-mssql-plus/98286/2 "2025-07-24T07:27:24Z")
> [@Oleg](#):
>
> ```auto
> 2025-07-24T07:10:33.779Z [err] npm ERR! notsup Actual: {"npm":"9.2.0"}
>
> ```
> [@Oleg](#):
>
> npm version: 10.9.2
I suspect you are using `n` or `nvm` or `fnm` or another node manager & the actual version of Node you are running node-red with is \< v20. To prove this, open the "System Info" on your node-red editor:
* * *
Additionally, please clarify how you installed Node-RED and how you run it? It looks like you are running Node-RED as `root` - this is REALLY not advisable.
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### Author:  [@Oleg](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Oleg)
#### Post date: [24 July 2025 07:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-with-install-node-red-contrib-mssql-plus/98286/3 "2025-07-24T07:35:37Z")
```auto
"nodejs": {
"version": "v18.19.1",
"arch": "x64",
"platform": "linux",
"memoryUsage": {
"rss": 129437696,
"heapTotal": 56156160,
"heapUsed": 50273200,
"external": 4251038,
"arrayBuffers": 226344
}
},
```
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [24 July 2025 07:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-with-install-node-red-contrib-mssql-plus/98286/4 "2025-07-24T07:36:55Z")
> [@Oleg](#):
>
> `/root/.npm/_logs/2025-07-24T07_10_30_348Z-debug-0.log`
Are you running node-red as root? That is almost always a bad idea. I don't know if it is to do with your problem or not.
Did you install node-red using the [recommended method](https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/raspberrypi) for Ubuntu?
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### Author:  [@Oleg](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Oleg)
#### Post date: [24 July 2025 07:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-with-install-node-red-contrib-mssql-plus/98286/5 "2025-07-24T07:40:18Z")
> [@Colin](#):
>
> Are you running node-red as root? That is almost always a bad idea. I don't know if it is to do with your problem or not.
Yes, start as root
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### Author:  [@Oleg](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Oleg)
#### Post date: [24 July 2025 07:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-with-install-node-red-contrib-mssql-plus/98286/6 "2025-07-24T07:42:17Z")
> [@Oleg](#):
>
> `"version": "v18.19.1"`
How I will change node.js version?
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [24 July 2025 07:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-with-install-node-red-contrib-mssql-plus/98286/7 "2025-07-24T07:51:26Z")
@Oleg
You have 2 issues.
1. You have some kind of node version manager installed & that is confusing the situation and causing the MSSQL node installation issue. When you entered `node -v` it reported v20, but as you can clearly see from System Info, Node-RED is running on Node v18.
2. You are running as `root`, again, unless you absoultely need `root` or understand the implications, you should run this as a regular user.
My recommendation to fix all of your issues.
1. Remove `n`, `nvm`, `fnm` or any other Node Version manager you have installed
2. Install Node-RED using the official installer script
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### Author:  [@Oleg](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Oleg)
#### Post date: [24 July 2025 08:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-with-install-node-red-contrib-mssql-plus/98286/9 "2025-07-24T08:12:49Z")
Thank you. Try to fix it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [22 October 2025 08:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-with-install-node-red-contrib-mssql-plus/98286/10 "2025-10-22T08:13:35Z")
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