NVM node instsallation npm problems

[steeve]

I have got a usb key persistent bionicpup64 8.0- wroks great very fast. But to my surprise I had to install VIM!! in many years of using Linux distros I have never had to install vim ..it normally should be a built in package.

Then I had to install node npm and nvm ..basic staples of web development.. I installed nvm and used it to install node LTS (now 12.19.10) and

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node -v
v12.19.10

so far so good but

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npm  -v 
bash: /usr/bin/npm: /usr/bin/nodejs: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

Anyone get node and npm working on Puppy 8 ? what did you use to install? PPM or sudo apt get?

[steeve]

I removed NVM completely and re installed it using wget as shown in the nvm github page

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wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.36.0/install.sh | bash

This script adds config info in the .bashrc , now whenever I open a terminal :

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nvm is not compatible with the "PREFIX" environment variable: currently set to "/usr"
Run `unset PREFIX` to unset it.

PuppyLinux isn't Canonical Ubuntu which makes problems for configuring some PATH variables. I am using PupyLinux because of the speed but Im now leaning more and more to scrapping it and using Canonical Ubuntu (with xfce or other lightweight gui desktop for speed).

[steeve]

I solved this problem by adding this line to my .bashrc file (after reading about set/unset and env variables )

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export PREFIX=""

[rockedge]

@steeve
I have nodejs and npm installed and working well....I made a set of instructions some place on how to set node up in Puppy Linux, I'll have to look around where it is!
I originally used it while working with Shinobi. I started with Nodejs in Xenial and mostly used the environment on Bionic Puppy's.

Basic method:
download Linux x64 binaries -> https://nodejs.org/en/download/
extract to /root/my-applications
sym link the contents of /root/my-applications/node-v12.19.0-linux-x64/bin to /root/my-applications/bin

in a terminal :

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npm -v

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[steeve]

Ok that's great you are around. Because I'm tooling up Puppy with apps like Tmux now and eventually other programmer related utilities and apps. (Jupyter notebook , Anaconda maybe and/or other goodies).

Puppy should have all this stuff pre installed.

EDIT: maybe a cool puppy project is a web development tooling package wiki and/or a computer science tooling wiki. Like the Debian Pure Blends.

[sc0ttman]

You could use `nv`, instead of `nvm` .. It's a simpler script, which pollutes the shell environment much less, stops your prmpt getting slow

https://github.com/fredrb/nv

I use nv instead of nvm ... I'm happy with it - I rarely need to switch or add NodeJS versions anyway..

Also there is this more complex one, but I've never used it: https://github.com/nodenv/nodenv

[sc0ttman]

Because I'm tooling up Puppy with apps like Tmux

BTW - you could also look into mlterm - it supports tmux-like splitting of screens, and tabs, and lots of other cool stuff.
If that's of any interest...