Problems installing nodejs

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#1

When you install nodejs, the npm package is supposed to be included but this isn’t happening for me. I’ve tried installing npm separately but zypper prompts me, saying:

Problem: nothing provides npm(semver) < 4.1 needed by npm-2.1.3-9.1.noarch
Solution 1: do not install npm-2.1.3-9.1.noarch
Solution 2: break npm-2.1.3-9.1.noarch by ignoring some of its dependencies

Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/c] (c):

I cancel… but I also installed whatever semver is:

i | nodejs-semver | Semantic version parser | package

I still get the same prompt when installing npm. Any ideas why npm is not installing with nodejs?

#2

npm is included in nodejs
You can verify by examining the contents of the package

rpm -ql nodejs

You should find

/usr/bin/npm

If I were to guess, you’re not running npm as root.
I don’t know if the path is automatically found using sudo and it almost certainly isn’t executable without elevated permissions.

TSU

#3

Hi, this is what I get:

rpm -ql nodejs
/usr/bin/node
/usr/lib/node_modules
/usr/share/doc/packages/nodejs
/usr/share/doc/packages/nodejs/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/packages/nodejs/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/packages/nodejs/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/packages/nodejs/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/packages/nodejs/README.md
/usr/share/man/man1/node.1.gz

with zypper search, using “i” in the 1st column as being installed, here are the packages zypper installed when I got nodejs.

i | nodejs | Evented I/O for V8 JavaScript | package
i | nodejs-devel | Files needed for development of NodeJS platforms | package

I didn’t even see npm show up, I had to type ‘zypper search npm’ for it to show. “zypper search nodejs” brings up these npm packages:

| nodejs-npm-cache-filename | Return NPM cache folder | package
| nodejs-npm-cache-filename | Return NPM cache folder | srcpackage
| nodejs-npm-install-checks | Install checks for NPM | package
| nodejs-npm-install-checks | Install checks for NPM | srcpackage
| nodejs-npm-package-arg | Parse things that can be arguments to npm install | package
| nodejs-npm-package-arg | Parse things that can be arguments to npm install | srcpackage
| nodejs-npm-registry-client | Node.js registry module | package
| nodejs-npm-registry-client | Node.js registry module | srcpackage
| nodejs-npm-user-validate | User validations for npm | package
| nodejs-npm-user-validate | User validations for npm | srcpackage
| nodejs-npmconf | Config tool used by NPM | package
| nodejs-npmconf | Config tool used by NPM | srcpackage
| nodejs-npmlog | NPM log utility | package
| nodejs-npmlog | NPM log utility | srcpackage

‘zypper search npm’ shows npm

| npm | Node.js Package Manager | package
| npm | Node.js Package Manager | srcpackage

but remember, this fails when I try to install.

#4

Post the output of;
cat /etc/os-release
zypper sl -d

And CODE wrap the output

Like this

You didn’t mention which repositories you added, what distribution version you were running and so forth.

#5

Sorry about that. Here’s the output that also has the info.

cat /etc/os-release


NAME=openSUSE
VERSION="13.1 (Bottle)"
VERSION_ID="13.1"
PRETTY_NAME="openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86_64)"
ID=opensuse
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.opensuse.org"
HOME_URL="https://opensuse.org/"
ID_LIKE="suse"

zypper sl -d


#  | Alias                          | Name                                                                        | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                                       
---+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1  | Node.js                        | Node.js                                                                     | Yes     | No      |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/nodejs/openSUSE_13.1/         
2  | Packman Repository             | Packman Repository                                                          | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/packman/suse/openSUSE_13.1/                                  
3  | devel_languages_python_Factory | Development versions of Python interpreters and other stuff (openSUSE_13.1) | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/python:/Factory/openSUSE_13.1/
4  | libdvdcss repository           | libdvdcss repository                                                        | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/13.1/                                                      
5  | openSUSE-13.1-1.10             | openSUSE-13.1-1.10                                                          | Yes     | No      |   99     | yast2  | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-hp_DVD-RAM_UJ8D1_1347TP098070E0H8H,/dev/sr0            
6  | repo-debug                     | openSUSE-13.1-Debug                                                         | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/13.1/repo/oss/                            
7  | repo-debug-update              | openSUSE-13.1-Update-Debug                                                  | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/13.1/                                           
8  | repo-debug-update-non-oss      | openSUSE-13.1-Update-Debug-Non-Oss                                          | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/13.1-non-oss/                                   
9  | repo-non-oss                   | openSUSE-13.1-Non-Oss                                                       | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.1/repo/non-oss/                              
10 | repo-oss                       | openSUSE-13.1-Oss                                                           | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/13.1/repo/oss/                                  
11 | repo-source                    | openSUSE-13.1-Source                                                        | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/13.1/repo/oss/                           
12 | repo-update                    | openSUSE-13.1-Update                                                        | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.1/                                                 
13 | repo-update-non-oss            | openSUSE-13.1-Update-Non-Oss                                                | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/13.1-non-oss/                                         
14 | server_database                | Databases (openSUSE_13.1)                                                   | Yes     | No      |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/database/openSUSE_13.1/