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[matyi]

Hello all,

I started using ioBroker yesterday and it took me till today to get it started. I guess it's good to share the experience to improve the scripts/workflow/documentation. I was going through the following while until setting up ioBorder successfully (roughly reproduced):

1. trial:

• setting up a VM with Debian Buster including updating the system.
• First I was following the instructions using this guide: https://www.iobroker.net/docu/index-15.htm?page_id=8323&lang=de
  I googled for the current node.js version and installed version 10.x intuitively. Axecuting the following command indicated my main issue already

node -v
nodejs -v
npm -v

the command npm couln'd be found! I simply ignored this issueand installted ioBroker. I couldn't load the ioBroker configuration page.

2. trial:

• uninstalled all packages by using:

update-rc.d iobroker.sh remove
sudo apt-get remove nodejs
sudo apt-get remove npm

• Subsequently, I used the following instructions to install your software: https://www.iobroker.net/#de/download
• some warnings appeared during installation including that npm is not compatible with the installed nodejs version. I couldn't load the ioBroker configuration page again.
• I tried to fix this issue by using this troubleshooting instruchtions https://www.iobroker.net/docu/index-26.htm?page_id=3928&lang=de and installing the recent version of npm:

curl https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh | sudo sh

from here: https://github.com/nodejs/help/issues/1877
however no success again

3. trial

• since I lost the overview of installed software I reseted the VM to the point after updating the operating system.
• Again I tried to use the instructions from here: https://www.iobroker.net/#de/download without success.
• After reseting again I used the following sequence of commands:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
curl https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh | sudo sh
curl -sL https://iobroker.net/install.sh | bash -

With success!!! Now I'm happy to be able to load the web interface of ioBroker.
I'm curious to learn how it works

Cheers,
Matyi

Systemdata
Hardwaresystem:	Virtual Box
Arbeitsspeicher:	1GB
Festplattenart:	8 GB
Betriebssystem:	Debian Buster with Raspberry Pi Desktop
Node-Version:	10.15.2
Nodejs-Version:	10.15.2
NPM-Version:	6.13.7
Installationsart:	Skript
Image genutzt:	Nein

[Homoran]

@matyi sagte in Installation issues due to npm node.js version compatibility:

First I was following the instructions using this guide: https://www.iobroker.net/docu/index-15.htm?page_id=8323&lang=de

This ist outdated!

This is the actual version:
https://www.iobroker.net/#en/documentation/install/linux.md

floow the link to the docu in the header of the forum