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Is there any way to update Node and NPM to their latest versions without running into permission issues?

deleted-user-3939587 | 19 posts | July 29, 2019, 8:10 p.m. | permalink

Yes, absolutely -- you can use NVM to install the versions that you want. Details on this help page.

Staff giles | 12095 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | July 30, 2019, 11:07 a.m. | permalink

Hi. I went through the steps but getting errors. Here is the console output:

15:53 ~ $ nvm install v12.7.0
Downloading and installing node v12.7.0...
Downloading https://nodejs.org/dist/v12.7.0/node-v12.7.0-linux-x64.tar.xz...

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Computing checksum with sha256sum
Checksums matched!
node: ../deps/uv/src/unix/core.c:549: uv__close_nocheckstdio: Assertion fd > -1' failed. nvm is not compatible with the npm config "prefix" option: currently set to "" Runnpm config delete prefixornvm use --delete-prefix v12.7.0` to unset it.

15:56 ~ $ nvm use --delete-prefix v12.7.0
\node: ../deps/uv/src/unix/core.c:549: uv__close_nocheckstdio: Assertion fd > -1' failed. node: ../deps/uv/src/unix/core.c:549: uv__close_nocheckstdio: Assertionfd > -1' failed. Aborted

15:56 ~ $ npm config delete prefix
node: ../deps/uv/src/unix/core.c:549: uv__close_nocheckstdio: Assertion `fd > -1' failed. Aborted

15:56 ~ $ npm --version
node: ../deps/uv/src/unix/core.c:549: uv__close_nocheckstdio: Assertion `fd > -1' failed. Aborted

15:57 ~ $ nvm alias default v12.7.0 default -> v12.7.0

15:57 ~ $ npm --version node: ../deps/uv/src/unix/core.c:549: uv__close_nocheckstdio: Assertion `fd > -1' failed. Aborted

15:57 ~ $ npm config delete prefix node: ../deps/uv/src/unix/core.c:549: uv__close_nocheckstdio: Assertion `fd > -1' failed. Aborted

deleted-user-3939587 | 19 posts | July 30, 2019, 4:10 p.m. | permalink

Thanks for letting us know. It looks like the very latest node is not compatible with our virtualization system; the current LTS (10.16.0) is compatible, however.

Staff giles | 12095 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | July 30, 2019, 5:28 p.m. | permalink

Would switching to Docker consoles fix this?

deleted-user-5911742 | 34 posts | Aug. 6, 2019, 6 p.m. | permalink

Hmm, good point! It would, though you'd only be able to run node stuff in consoles with that -- not, for example, in scheduled tasks. @perks3 -- would that work for you?

Staff giles | 12095 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | Aug. 6, 2019, 7:27 p.m. | permalink

Dicker consoles is an experimental feature; more info is available here

deleted-user-5911742 | 34 posts | Aug. 6, 2019, 7:31 p.m. | permalink

*docker

deleted-user-5911742 | 34 posts | Aug. 6, 2019, 7:32 p.m. | permalink

:D thanks

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Staff fjl | 4614 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | Aug. 21, 2019, 10:32 a.m. | permalink