I'm trying to autorun Node-red on a laptop running Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Bionic. I followed below web page... [image] How to install and configure Node-RED on Ubuntu 16.04 | DigitalOcean Node-RED is a switchboard for the Internet of Things, a visual tool that helps you connect your favorit…

cab you run which node-red and report the result please ?

so the log from your most recent attempt show you installing it as user nodered... and then the which node-red shows up as root. but when you run it's looking for node-red-pi - which we only call if you're not privileged user. So somewhat confused... as you installed as root can you try sudo node-…

Thanks dceeja, feels like we're getting somewhere. It seems like whether it's installed as root or my nodered user, the installation just isn't finishing. Seems like it's a path problem? Like it's confused about where to find the binaries it needs? [Screenshot 2020-05-09 at 14.07.36d]

Humour me... what do which node and sudo which node report ?

yes - but you aren't using nvm... ok - digging in. Can you edit the /lib/systemd/system/nodered.service file and check what the user and group line (about 11 and 12) are set to... - As you are running as root they should be root and root. Then try manually - sudo systemctl start nodered and then s…

Thanks. The user/group in the nodered.service file were both root. Journalctl output is /usr/bin/node-red-start: line 91: update-nodejs-and-nodered: command not found root@raspbx:~# which node-red-start /usr/bin/node-red-start root@raspbx:~# root@raspbx:~#

When you use node-red-start does it say it is using the systemd startup script?

It doesn't seem to say? I've posted a screenshot

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Unable to start Node-red upon boot

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