symbol lookup error

[kemelzaidan]

I have no idea on how to fix that, but no matter what version of Node.js I install, I can't run node because I always receive this message:

$ node --version
node: symbol lookup error: node: undefined symbol: _ZN6icu_738ByteSink15GetAppendBufferEiiPciPi

Any help will be appreciated!

[allisonphillips]

I'd hazard a guess that it's one of these things:

• The installation instructions weren't followed exactly, so when your computer tries to resolve node it finds a result for some other executable named node, either because it occurs earlier in PATH than ~/.asdf/shims or because .asdf/shims isn't in your PATH at all.
• The installation instructions were followed, but something else on your computer isn't configured to load the shims early in your search path or at all
• The node executable your computer is mapping the command to (whether it's the version installed with asdf-nodejs or some other random version) is bugged (google "node: symbol lookup error: node: undefined symbol:" for whatever node version you've installed)
• The root of the directory where you're running that command doesn't contain a .tool-versions folder with some nodejs SEMANTIC_VERSION line defining which SEMANTIC_VERSION you're using
  • If you're relying on loading it from .nvmrc or .node-version, you need to configure legacy_version_file on your asdf install
• You're running the command outside of a repository and never defined a global package version so asdf knows which node version to default to (e.g., asdf global nodejs SEMANTIC_VERSION)

I wrote a comment that explains a little about how the shims work, but beyond that there is not enough information here to help you.

If you're still stuck, recommend reviewing the README and asdf website docu closely.

[augustobmoura]

I have no idea on how to fix that, but no matter what version of Node.js I install, I can't run node because I always receive this message:

$ node --version
node: symbol lookup error: node: undefined symbol: _ZN6icu_738ByteSink15GetAppendBufferEiiPciPi

Any help will be appreciated!

Do you have the same problem installing NodeJS from the official distribution, or is this a specific problem to asdf-nodejs?

Can you also send the output of the asdf info command?

[kemelzaidan]

Hello, thanks for all the help. After looking for an answer for some time, I found that the problem was in the node-gyp package. I had to clean it up and reinstall it. Thanks for the help, once again