Questions tagged [node.js]
Node.js is an event based, asynchronous I/O framework that uses Google's V8 JavaScript engine.
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What am I doing wrong here? (npm, root privileges ... ?)
Somewhat floundering. I'm trying to install and run an open-source app called "Swordfish", which is a CAT (computer-assisted translation) app.
I've never really built from source before in ...
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FFmpeg not detecting input streams for RTMP live recording
getting this type of error
Opening an output file: rtmp://localhost:1935/live/stream.
FFmpeg stderr: [out#0/flv @ 0x600003b843c0] No explicit maps, mapping streams automatically...
FFmpeg stderr: ...
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How can I specify which Node version to use when Node was installed with Homebrew?
I used Homebrew to install Node on Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS:
brew install node
I'd like to use NodeJS version 18.8.0 or higher up to <20.0.0.
I therefore ran:
nvm install 18.18.2
However, I can't seem ...
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How can I install Node version 5.6.0 or higher on Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS?
The computer is running Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS 64-bit. Running nvm use 16.20.2 works fine and gives me nodejs 4.2.6 (checked with nodejs --version). I'd like to use Node version 5.6.0 or higher on it, so ...
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Mysql is closing the connection on Ubuntu
I built a MERN app (used mysql instead of MongoDB)
I deployed it on the VPS (Ubuntu 24.04)
everything seems okay but when I try to check the logs of my backend using pm2 package it gives me kind of ...
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How to run node v20.x on CentOs 7.9?
I've been stuck on this issue for too long. Basically I have a node v20.x app that I'd like to run on a CentOS 7.9 server. For reasons, we do not wish to upgrade the OS now but I'm sure there must be ...
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Node.js recently started emitting all stderr in red text. How to handle this cleanly?
I use ANSI colorized text output in logs and other output that I emit on stderr in some of my programs. Since I've been doing this kind of thing for years, I am pretty familiar with the capabilities.
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Mismatched versions warning when updating Node.js/NPM in Docker
In our Dockerfile we have:
FROM ghcr.io/puppeteer/puppeteer:latest AS pdf
WORKDIR /puppeteer
USER root
# Prerequisites
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install nginx -y
# Update
RUN npm update
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How to encrypt a file with openssl like it’s done by node?
I’m trying to convert a NodeJS script that I’m using to encrypt JSON files to the openssl format, but I can’t find a way to get the exact same result.
Here is the NodeJS script:
const process = ...
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File access permissions: Running app under PM2 gives EACCES denied for a file my app needs
I have an Ubuntu 22.04 environment.
I have a NodeJS app that is running a webserver and needs access to the certificates to enable HTTPS.
When I run the app under pm2 (user: brad), I receive a EACCES: ...
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How can I start a NPM app from a desktop shortcut?
I have created a desktop shortcut for a npm application called TMXEditor, but it doesn't work.
I can launch the app if I do cd /home/souto/Apps/maxprograms/TMXEditor && npm start on a terminal....
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Not able to install nodejs 21 in ubuntu wsl
When I try to install nodejs 21 in Ubuntu wsl I get the following error
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_21.x | sudo -E bash - &&sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Error
The following ...
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I think nodejs broke Linux Mint after it was about 50% done with updating: E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
So there's a lot here probably best explained by copy-pasting what happened on the terminal but the problem is I currently cannot open any windows that are already minimized, except Discord since it ...
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Stay on a port listening to understand why it closes with which error
I should listen (I don't know) on a certain port, in this case the 8080, to understand why it closes and if so with what error.
I have a nodejs server running on the 8080, but I can't figure out why ...
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Undoing effect of adding a Ubuntu-intended repository and updating on Debian
tl;dr
How do I fix this error on Debian
E: The repository 'https://deb.nodesource.com/node_current.x nodistro Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done ...
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How can I write a function that returns the results of a one-line `node` script?
I'm trying to write a very simple bash function that uses a one-line node script to read the value of a key from a JSON file. Here's the current contents of utils.bash:
#!/bin/bash
project_name() {
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Why the docker-compose.yml environment overrides the .env file content?
I have a docker container that is set up using docker-compose.yml and I introduce a couple of environment variables in it:
environment:
- AUTH_SECRET=some_secret
Then I have these ...
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Openssl output to socket
I want to extract the signer from an S/MIME file inside a node app. I use (child_process.spawn(), which runs this command
openssl smime -verify -CAfile c_root.pem -inform DER -signer /proc/self/fd/1
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Why is node running and how was it started?
On Debian11/KDE I see that node is running and accessing the Internet but I didn't start it.
How can I find out how it got started to see why it's running and prevent that? ps -p {pid} -lf doesn't ...
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Installing npm on Centos 7
I can say I went through all Google results regarding this, but no one works. The GNU libc version is very old:
ldd (GNU libc) 2.17.
Trying version up to nodesource 8.x all installations fails because ...
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OpenBSD: npm install sodium-native, interpret error messages
I am attempting to install sodium native as an npm package on OpenBSD 7.3 amd64.
Aside: As a dependency of Hypercore, Hyperbee and Corestore.
This needs node-gyp.
Following this, I set the C and C++ ...
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cannot create temp file for here-document: No such file or directory
Only other posts about this were 'no space left on device' or 'permission denied' issues.
Trying to run something that uses puppeteer & chromium, which worked flawlessly for a while. Then I ...
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"No such file or directory" when executable exists with relevant permissions [duplicate]
After installing n to manage node versions on my alpine vm, I am having the following issue where the node executable is not found, despite existing
vscode ➜ /workspaces/tom $ which node -a
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NodeJS npm can't access internet. Error Code ETIMEDOUT after a few minutes of freeze
I was trying to install the modules for nodejs project. I ran npm i which for some reason froze at progress bar which is shown when adding modules, after a few minutes it just ended up with an error ...
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Unable to run npm install on centos7 VPS server
I want to update my node.js project dependencies on VPS server(CentOS7).
I run this command for updating the dependencies:
/opt/cpanel/ea-nodejs16/bin/npm install
but it gives me this message:
/usr/...
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nodejs process doesn't stop on 'systemctl stop' while running as an Ubuntu systemd service
when trying to stop a nodejs process running from a service file the service is never actually stopped, and just keeps running, forcing me to manually kill the process in htop each time. any ideas on ...
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Running nodejs as systemd service -
I've tried running a nodejs server on RHEL by running a .js file with node and ran into the issue of being unable to bind to port 80, changing to a higher port fixed this, but I was unable to access ...
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Run ts-node in systemd service
I'm trying to create a service to run a typescript file.
This is what's in my service file so far:
[Unit]
Description=Service that runs the Parenti Bot
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=...
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Add a new line to the beginning of every file without using sed
I hope this fits in here (I guess it would also be a match for Stack Overflow, since I'm using a nodeJS module) but basically I'm trying to add // @ts-nocheck \n to the beginning of every file with ...
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How to send new information to STOPped process
Say I have a long-running process, and I stop and restart it using:
kill -STOP <pid>
kill -CONT <pid>
is there a consistent way to alter the running process, either environment variables ...
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Bash: env in rustup node module not found after logging in
I've used Rustup and Cargo for a Node project, and now I don't need them anymore, so tried removing both. However, each time I connect to the Raspberry Pi in question via SSH, I get this output:
~ $ ...
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how to fix missing libcrypto.so.1.1?
I first encountered this problem when I tried to run nodejs on my system. I got this error message:
node: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypto.so.1.1: cannot open shared object file: No ...
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Best practice for multiple Node applications on one server
I've read that it is the best practive to create seperate system accounts for each application, so in case of a security breach the attacker is isolated inside the specific account and cannot do any ...
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Installing nodejs in ubuntu via the downloaded file from nodejs website
I have downloaded the nodejs repository from nodejs website and I want to install it via node file in bin directory and I want to install it with gdebi or software installer app but the errors are:
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Uninstall wine completely
I need to run sudo apt-get update and curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash - to install Node.js. However, I get the following error:
E: The repository 'https://dl.winehq.org/...
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Symlink npm to pnpm
My understanding is that pnpm is designed to be a drop-in replacement for npm. However, I'm not sure if this is true for all cases.
Is it safe to just delete npm and symlink in pnpm or will that break ...
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Prometheus DiskTooManyReallocatedSectors
I have Prometheus Alert Manager running on several linux machines. (https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/latest/alertmanager/)
One of them is reporting 2 reallocated sectors. I got the setup-alert from ...
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Figuring out which user is best to start pm2
I'm about to deploy a highly secure production server, which is running an nginx reverse proxy, which points to the backend server on nodeJS. When a user starts the server by typing in the "pm2 ...
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Installing node 14 on centos 7, how does it work?
The code for installing node 14 on centos7 is:
RUN curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | bash -
RUN yum -y install nodejs
How does it work? The first command downloads the package. Where ...
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Automatically restart a process after it exits
I have a javascript program, which runs on nodejs. If I run the following command:
node app.js
It keeps running but sometimes it exits. But I want to start it again automatically when it exits.
Is ...
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bash/zsh hook - Add to PATH only if no matching file found
I am looking for a bash/zsh hook, that is invoked when a command is not found.
Say I run some arbitrary executable:
xyz foo --bar
say that bash/zsh cannot find the executable.
is there a way to handle ...
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adding node.js directory to cygwin path breaks the ls command
adding node.js directory to cygwin path breaks the ls command:
Starting /bin/bash.exe
myidt@DESKTOP-IV5C6TI /cygdrive/d/tmp/node_ls_ko
$ touch toto
user@DESKTOP /cygdrive/d/tmp/node_ls_ko
$ ls
toto
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Make npm work in tails
The latest tails comes with nodejs v10.24.0. Trying to get tails to run a newer node has been unsuccessful even after running script from deb.nodesource.com/setup_14x which said buster was unsupported....
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cant run react nginx on port 443 and 80 both are in used
I have react, nodejs app and dockerize them.
frontend running with Nginx on port 80 and 443 on my local docker-machine.
when I run the docker-compose command on my VPS centos it throws an error that ...
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npm install failling at node-gyp rebuild and libpq
> [email protected] install /home/johnsoct/bobtail/node_modules/libpq
> node-gyp rebuild
/home/johnsoct/.nvm/versions/node/v12.22.4/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/node-gyp-bin/node-...
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Force apt-get to install later version of nodejs
I am on Debian 11, fully up to date (apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade). I previously installed nodejs version 12.22, since that is what is in the Debian repo, ...
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Why do I get this extra quote in an env variable defined in /etc/environment?
In our CentOS server, the env variable NODE_OPTIONS was set to a wrong value. I checked some possible files such as /etc/environment, /etc/profile, but no luck. I also tried to grep it from /etc/, ...
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vs-code terminal vs linux terminal shows different node --version
I upgraded node with "nvm" in kali-linux system:
nvm install node
This installs latest node version. nvm ls displays this
default -> v14.15.1
v15.14.0
v16.2.0
v16.3....
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Cron task not running
I've configure a cron task for running a NodeJS script everyday.
crontab -l
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# ...
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Npm won't install SOCKET.io due to Node version?
I need to install socket.io for my node program. So, whenever I try to install socket.io by running the following commandline instruction, it says node version needs to be greater than or equal to 10 ...
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