[solved] Node-red v3.0.0, PI installer script - node-red does not start after installer is finished (setting.js 'No such file or directory')

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bin playing some more. I reinstalled v2.2.2 with
sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red@2.2.2 and it installed fine, ran and. so I tried
sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red' and it runs and /usr/lib/node_modules/node-redis populated:
pi@testpi:/usr/lib/node_modules/node-red $ ls
bin CHANGELOG.md lib LICENSE node_modules package.json README.md red.js settings.js

So I ran the same command with out the version and get this:

pi@testpi:/usr/lib/node_modules/node-red $ sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red
/usr/bin/node-red -> /usr/lib/node_modules/node-red/red.js
/usr/bin/node-red-pi -> /usr/lib/node_modules/node-red/bin/node-red-pi

  • node-red@3.0.0
    added 9 packages from 10 contributors, removed 16 packages, updated 40 packages and moved 1 package in 43.533s

    ╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
    │ │
    │ New major version of npm available! 6.14.17 → 8.14.0 │
    │ Changelog: Release v8.14.0 · npm/cli · GitHub │
    │ Run npm install -g npm to update! │
    │ │
    ╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

pi@testpi:/usr/lib/node_modules/node-red $ ls

and there is nothing in it.