DietPi-Software: installation of Node-RED (122) fails

[mvanbrab]

Creating a bug report/issue

• [x] I have searched the existing open and closed issues

Required Information

• DietPi version | cat /boot/dietpi/.version G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE=9 G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=8 G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=0 G_GITBRANCH='master' G_GITOWNER='MichaIng'
• Distro version | echo $G_DISTRO_NAME $G_RASPBIAN bookworm 1
• Kernel version | uname -a Linux dietpi1 6.1.21+ #1642 Mon Apr 3 17:19:14 BST 2023 armv6l GNU/Linux
• SBC model | echo $G_HW_MODEL_NAME or (EG: RPi3) RPi Zero W (armv6l)
• Power supply used | (EG: 5V 1A RAVpower) 5V 2.5A STONTRONICS
• SD card used | (EG: SanDisk ultra) Transcend Premium 400x 16GB

Additional Information (if applicable)

• Software title | (EG: Nextcloud) Node-RED
• Was the software title installed freshly or updated/migrated? Fresh install
• Can this issue be replicated on a fresh installation of DietPi? Yes
• Bug report ID | echo $G_HW_UUID 693b1d7d-ae95-4e05-b5cc-5966cbd2efb2

Steps to reproduce

1. as root user, start dietpi-software
2. search for software "Node-RED" (122) and select it for installation.
3. install

Expected behaviour

• Installation should work

Actual behaviour

• This error message appears:

  [ INFO ] DietPi-Software | runuser -u nodered -- npm i --cache /tmp/tmp.TJcTLucnGs --no-audit node-red@latest, please wait...
  npm notice
  npm notice New minor version of npm available! 10.5.0 -> 10.9.0
  npm notice Changelog: <https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v10.9.0>
  npm notice Run `npm install -g npm@10.9.0` to update!
  npm notice
  npm ERR! code ECONNRESET
  npm ERR! network Client network socket disconnected before secure TLS connection was established
  npm ERR! network This is a problem related to network connectivity.
  npm ERR! network In most cases you are behind a proxy or have bad network settings.
  npm ERR! network
  npm ERR! network If you are behind a proxy, please make sure that the
  npm ERR! network 'proxy' config is set properly.  See: 'npm help config'

Extra details

• I retried several times last week, from a fresh image and from an existing image.
• I'm not behind a proxy
• Network connectivity is OK (tested with dietpi-config)

[MichaIng]

Hmm the error indicates a network issue, but a connection check is fine before the install. Maybe npmjs servers have an issue 🤔. I'lly to replicate.