[Package]: nodejs - previous version

[anonimo82]

Package description

Nodejs v14

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Source code URL

https://github.com/nodejs/node

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code-server requires node v14 to install, while in the latest lts we have v16. Please, provide a package for v14 too (maybe you can name it nodejs-old?)

Thanks in advance for any help

[thunder-coding]

I don't think there is any Linux distribution that maintains 3 different versions of nodejs. Nodejs requires 2+ hours to build on CI and is a pain to keep it up to date. Also code-server can be installed by using the FORCE_NODE_VERSION environment variable.

FORCE_NODE_VERSION=<current major node version> yarn global add code-server --ignore-engines

I would recommend using nodejs-lts instead of nodejs for more stable experience

If you have any other reason to also keep v14 legacy version of node, consider commenting

[anonimo82]

Yes, I'm using lts. Tried with FORCE_NODE_VERSION=16 yarn global add code-server, no luck

[thunder-coding]

Weird, I am currently having working code-server with nodejs v17, reinstalled a few days ago when updating nodejs to v17. Probably it's an upstream issue. Also I have updated the previous comment to also pass --ignore-engines to yarn, consider trying to check whether it works

Also nodejs has ended active LTS for v14 and entered maintenance only release (i.e. only critical bug fixes and security patches).

[anonimo82]

Here is my output: https://pastebin.com/kCe0TqFb

[thunder-coding]

Install binutils to be able to use the ar command. The same solution as of https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/discussions/7914#discussioncomment-1575734

[anonimo82]

Yes, it now works. Thanks a lot!

[thunder-coding]

Yes, it now works. Thanks a lot!

Also consider posting the fix to the upstream issue so that others can also benifit 🙃

[anonimo82]

Yes, how?

[anonimo82]

I'm having issues installing svg extension (from jock), either from marketplace or with vsix

https://pasteboard.co/UVFWVRxoFVpG.jpg https://pasteboard.co/9i36g4UfnwzJ.jpg

It was working fine with an old install, but, unfortunately, I don't have it anymore

[RoyGalaxy]

Can you please downgrade the node package to v14 or provide us with something through which we can install v14 of node in termux. I want to install code-server which requires v14 but i can't. They told me that nodejs doesn't support v16

[anonimo82]

@RoyGalaxy I've been able to install it, but I had troubles with extensions. Just install binutils and follow the instructions from @thunder-coding

[H4M5TER]

Currently VSCode is using Electron 13.5.1 and Node.js 14.16.0, and code-server is bound with it. I wonder how to compile node 14 for termux manually.

pkg install binutils git build-essential python2
git clone -b v14.x --depth 1 https://github.com/nodejs/node
python2 ./configure
make -j4

The commands above failed with something like can't find 'execinfo.h'. Any ideas?

[H4M5TER]

I tried FORCE_NODE_VERSION=16 yarn global add code-server --ignore-engines and it worked. Though it's comfusing that

FORCE_NODE_VERSION=16
yarn global add code-server --ignore-engines

not working.

[ghost]

@H4M5TER It doesn't work because FORCE_NODE_VERSION=16 is not exported. Using it as a prefix before command will cause it being exported to subprocess. But it won't be exported if used standalone without export keyword. That's how shell working.

[H4M5TER]

Thank you for answering that @xeffyr