Installation problems with cordova

Question

I have installed the latest version of node.js from the official nodejs.org website but when i run the install command in my cmd of windows npm install -g cordova

It installs with the following warnings.

npm WARN engine cordova-js@3.9.0: wanted: {"node":"~0.10.x"} (current: {"node":"0.12.2","npm":"2.7.4"})
npm WARN engine npm@1.3.4: wanted: {"node":">=0.6","npm":"1"} (current: {"node":"0.12.2","npm":"2.7.4"})
npm WARN engine xmlbuilder@2.2.1: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x || 0.10.x"} (current: {"node":"0.12.2","npm":"2.7.4"})
npm WARN installMany normalize-package-data was bundled with npm@1.3.4, but bundled package wasn't found in unpacked tree
C:\Users\Gaurav\AppData\Roaming\npm\cordova -> C:\Users\Gaurav\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\bin\cordova
cordova@5.0.0 C:\Users\Gaurav\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova
├── underscore@1.7.0
├── q@1.0.1
├── nopt@3.0.1 (abbrev@1.0.5)
└── cordova-lib@5.0.0 (valid-identifier@0.0.1, osenv@0.1.0, properties-parser@0.2.3, bplist-parser@0.0.6, mime@1.2.11, unorm@1.3.3, semve
r@2.1.0, rc@0.5.2, shelljs@0.3.0, dep-graph@1.1.0, npmconf@0.1.16, through2@0.6.3, xcode@0.6.7, d8@0.4.4, init-package-json@1.4.2, elemen
ttree@0.1.5, request@2.47.0, tar@1.0.2, glob@4.0.6, cordova-registry-mapper@1.1.2, cordova-app-hello-world@3.9.0, plist@1.1.0, cordova-js
@3.9.0, npm@1.3.4)

Answer 1

These are just warnings saying that the required minimal versions of node.js is different from your version of nodejs (v0.12.2).

This shouldn't be a problem for you

Answer 2

You're using a version of node higher than what is wanted.

cordova requires 0.10.0 and you have 0.12.2.

I suggest you use nvm to easily installing different versions.

First install nvm using this command.

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.0/install.sh | bash

Then you can a specific version with nvm install 0.10.

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Here are your errors formatted.

npm WARN engine cordova-js@3.9.0: wanted: {"node":"~0.10.x"} (current: {"node":"0.12.2","npm":"2.7.4"})
npm WARN engine npm@1.3.4: wanted: {"node":">=0.6","npm":"1"} (current: {"node":"0.12.2","npm":"2.7.4"})
npm WARN engine xmlbuilder@2.2.1: wanted: {"node":"0.8.x || 0.10.x"} (current: {"node":"0.12.2","npm":"2.7.4"})