CODEWITHSUNDEEP
node.jsnpm
Martin Giuliani
Martin Giuliani

Reputation: 401

Error: npm is known not to run on Node.js V4.2.6

how can I solve the following error? I use Ubuntu 16. When I run any npm command such as "npm run dev" I get this error:

ERROR: npm is known not to run on Node.js v4.2.6 Node.js 4 is supported but the specific version you're running has a bug known to break npm. Please update to at least ${rel.min} to use this version of npm. You can find the latest release of Node.js at https://nodejs.org/

Upvotes: 37

Views: 43772

Answers (8)

Muthinja Collins
Muthinja Collins

Reputation: 1

Get latest release with

$ nvm install node

Then run the following

$ nvm alias default stable_node_version

Upvotes: -1

amyd
amyd

Reputation: 7

I fixed the same issue with Ubuntu 16.04 by using following commands step by step.

Uninstall nodejs and install version 8.0 

$ sudo apt remove nodejs npm  
$ curl -o- 
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.2/install.sh | bash
export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
$ nvm install 8.0
$ nvm use 8.0
$ node -v
v8.0.0

Upvotes: 0

Avision
Avision

Reputation: 3703

I just had this issue on Ubuntu 16. Use n to update to the latest version

sudo n latest

That should settle it.

Upvotes: 3

ChuckZ
ChuckZ

Reputation: 340

I had a similar problem but my project is part of a bigger system so neither switching to nvm instead of npm nor upgrading my version of Node.js were options.

However, moving npm backwards to a previous version was an option. I found 4.6.1 worked without complaint.

sudo npm install -g [email protected]

This version of npm did not complain.

Upvotes: 1

zuko
zuko

Reputation: 727

You can also use NVM - I did this to solve the same problem.

first type

nvm ls-remote to view the latest versions available,

then

nvm install [version] (I used v8.7.0)

everything should be fine after that.

Upvotes: 1

DingLi
DingLi

Reputation: 821

I download latest install package from https://nodejs.org/en/ and reinstall it. Solve it!

Upvotes: 2

Liem Rodriguez
Liem Rodriguez

Reputation: 581

First, Uninstall completely nodejs and npm. 

sudo apt remove nodejs npm

Then, reinstall it over the link below:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Refer: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/#debian-and-ubuntu-based-linux-distributions

Upvotes: 58

Kalana Demel
Kalana Demel

Reputation: 3266

You can try downgrading the node version to switch from the bugged version using the following, upgrading also works if your app supports latest versions. 

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.4/install.sh | bash

nvm install 4.2.5

nvm use 4.2.5

//check with 
node -v

//To uninstall a node version 
nvm uninstall 4.2.6

Upvotes: 5

Related Questions