I'm trying to install Node Red in a desktop with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS operating system. Already successfully installed Node.js (v4.2.6) and npm (v3.5.2). But when I try to install Node Red using the command sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red, the things start to not working. Can someone help me? The error is as follows: jhluna@nodered:~$ sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red loadDep:bcrypt → resolveW loadDep:punycode → networ loadDep:readable-stream → npm WARN deprecated nodemailer@1.11.0: All versions below 4.0.1 of Nodemailer are deprecated. See Status :: Nodemailer npm WARN deprecated mailparser@0.6.2: Mailparser versions older than v2.3.0 are deprecated npm WARN deprecated mimelib@0.3.1: This project is unmaintained npm WARN deprecated mailcomposer@2.1.0: This project is unmaintained npm WARN deprecated buildmail@2.0.0: This project is unmaintained loadDep:uuid → resolveWit /usr/local/bin/node-red -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-red/red.js /usr/local/bin/node-red-pi -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-red/bin/node-red-pi bcrypt@2.0.1 install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/bcrypt node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build node-pre-gyp ERR! UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION node-pre-gyp ERR! stack TypeError: this is not a typed array. node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Function.from (native) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/bcrypt/node_modules/tar/lib/parse.js:33:27) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Module._compile (module.js:410:26) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:417:10) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Module.load (module.js:344:32) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Function.Module._load (module.js:301:12) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Module.require (module.js:354:17) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at require (internal/module.js:12:17) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/bcrypt/node_modules/tar/lib/list.js:10:16) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Module._compile (module.js:410:26) node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 4.15.0-43-generic node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/bcrypt/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build" node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-red/node_modules/bcrypt node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v4.2.6 node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.9.1 node-pre-gyp ERR! This is a bug in node-pre-gyp. node-pre-gyp ERR! Try to update node-pre-gyp and file an issue if it does not help: node-pre-gyp ERR! https://github.com/mapbox/node-pre-gyp/issues npm WARN install:bcrypt@2.0.1 bcrypt@2.0.1 install: node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build npm WARN install:bcrypt@2.0.1 Exit status 7 /usr/local/lib └── node-red@0.19.5

Hi, [image] jhmluna: Node.js (v4.2.6) You need a more recent version of Node. We recommend Node 8.x.

Thank you both. I have performed the following procedures to be able to update Node.js to version 8.x: sudo apt install curl curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo bash - sudo apt-get install -y nodejs After that, the Node.js and npm was updated, respectively, to v8.15.0 and 6.4.1 and I could install the Node Red using Pi install script as @Colin sad. The script was: bash <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/node-red/raspbian-deb-package/master/resources/update-nodejs-and-nodered) The sources were: https://nodered.org/docs/hardware/raspberrypi [image] Install the Latest Node.js and NPM Packages on Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 LTS |... Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine….. Chrome V8 engine is a Google’s open source high-performance JavaScript engine written in C++ and used in Google Chrome…

Too late now, but just for reference, the Pi script would have upgraded node.js for you (using the same technique you did).

Unsuccessful installation of Node Red on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

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Colin 25 January 2019 14:21 3

In fact the easiest way is to use the Pi install script in the installation docs. It works fine on Ubuntu.

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