For years I've successfully installed Node-RED on 50+ rpi zeros via the Debian-based install script at Running on Raspberry Pi : Node-RED . However the latest script appears to have a bug where during the install process files under /usr/bin/* ownership is completely overwritten with current user ("p…

What version of the OS is that, and which iso? Are you doing anything to do with users after install?

The latest Raspberry Pi OS Lite image which currently is: Release date: May 7th 2021 Kernel version: 5.10 The image is not customized and after first boot I manually run the Node-RED install script. I've also tried to upgrade Node-RED on other rpi's that have been up for awhile (various Node-RED…

It appears to be the install of nodejs that does it. Do you get the same problem if you go for 12 or 14?

I think that bit must have changed recently, I didn't know there "was* a 16 available for the zero.

I've been running node 16.6.1 on my pi zero w's, I have a script to install it for them: GitHub - HaroldPetersInskipp/Raspberry-Pi-Scripts: Scripts for use with raspberry pi devices

update: --node14 option installed without any issue. It appears --node16 on an armv6 (pi zero) will kill sudo and hose the system. nodejs has not been officially supported on armv6 starting with v12, however Node-RED install script is aware of this and has been installing the unofficial binaries fo…

I think we may need to wait for one of the developers to see this.

have you tried just installing the node16 manually (on a clean pi) - does that work ok ? If so did you then try the sudo npm cache clean --force you mention to see if that does indeed break it ? I have pushed a change that updates the script to pull the latest levels so maybe it was a bug that the…

Unfortunately the lastest levels of nodejs (16.11.1) is still causing issues with /usr/bin/* that kills sudo. Next I'll reset the permissions on /usr/bin/* and try to manually run sudo npm cache clean --force. Upgrade from nodejs 14 to 16: Running Node-RED install for user pi at /home/pi on raspb…

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lepgithub 15 October 2021 03:59 5

Good idea, I'll try installing nodejs 12 or 14.

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Serious bug (overwrites all /usr/bin permissions) with the Debian-based install script

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