On debian, I've run the following command to symlink `node` to the repo-installed `nodejs`:
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node This will allow you to use the distribution's version of node while keeping compatibility with the other applications you've mentioned. On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Alex Kocharin <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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" <[email protected]>: > > 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. > > > -- > Brady > > -- > Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > New group rules: > https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md > Old group rules: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/87k32fspj9.fsf%40uw.edu. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > New group rules: > https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md > Old group rules: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/4139701417201528%40web21h.yandex.ru > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/4139701417201528%40web21h.yandex.ru?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/CAMT%3Dzo6mS6%3DWL%2BgSCqQNHrJ8XuPzO7SH%3Dx34E8eY%3DYgq5HB22w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
