Re: [nodejs] Why do I need nodejs-legacy to use Tern, JSHint, JSLint.

[Alex Kocharin]

 

The binary file for node.js project is called "node", and all scripts use that. This is not an issue in jslint/jshint, etc.

 

But debian/ubuntu/etc. distributions used to have their own executable named "node", so they renamed node.js binary to "nodejs" thereby causing this issue. 

 

I think the majority of users are on linux here, but we're using version from nodejs.org which is named correctly.

 

Imho, just use "nodejs-legacy" package if it works for you. Its name is misleading: it is just a symlink, there is no "legacy" in it.

 

 

28.11.2014, 21:46, "Brady Trainor" <algeb...@uw.edu>:

Hi, I'm trying to learn _javascript_ fast.

I had some trouble today trying to get Tern, JSLint and JSHint setup.

With some help on an IRC, we discovered I installed a node utility which was not related to nodejs.

This is like a bug, as, if I install nodejs, and try to execute 'node', it tells me it is missing, and to install blah (assume I didn't read it carefully).

So I install node utility. And things don't work. I can execute nodejs command. But those apps Tern etc. won't work.

The solution is to remove node package, and install nodejs-legacy.

Should the maintainers of these projects be made aware of this issue? Does legacy mean the node command is being phased out? I believe their packages look for node command.

Maybe the majority of users are on OS X, and so this troubleshooting issue in't included in documentation, blogs etc.


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