[NODEJS] Covert wiki text to html

 npm install wikity

const wikity = require('wikity');

wikity.parse('[[https://it-in-clouds.blogspot.com/]]');

How to install nodeJS and npm in non-admin access Windows machines

We all feel the great pain of installing any software when working on an office workstation or laptop. We will not be given admin rights and almost all of the software requires admin privileges to get installed in Windows PC. Because they require to have an entry in the RegistryEditor and need to write data under some system folders and etc.,

So here’s some trick to get the nodeJS one of the most wdely used programming language and npm, the nodeJS package manager in any Windows machine without the admin-rights.

Step 1: Download the nodeJS.exe file from https://nodejs.org/en/download/ by clicking on All download optionsand choose the right Windows architecture and download it.

Step 2: Choose a folder to for nodeJS. For example, C:\ProgramData\Applications\nodejs and save the downloaded file under this folder.

Step 3: Add the nodeJS folder to the environment variable PATH by executing the below command in the cmd.exe , or using the User Interface.

set PATH=C:\ProgramData\Applications\nodejs;%PATH%

Step 4: Now download the stable version of npm from the below link by replacing the version.

https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-{VERSION}.tgz

For example for npm version 6.4.1, https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-6.4.1.tgz

Step 5: Now unzip the downloaded npm file anywhere and cd into package folder.

Step 6: Execute the following command in the cmd.exe

node bin/npm-cli.js install npm -gf

Step 7: Execute the following commands to verify the installation of nodeJS and npm.

node -v

npm -v

Well, you have installed nideJS and npm successfully in a Windows machine without admin rights. Its time to celebrate now.

 

REF: https://medium.com/@github.gkarthiks/how-to-install-nodejs-and-npm-in-non-admin-access-windows-machines-102fd461b54c

[BUG] Missing required argument #1

 The error

npm ERR! typeerror Error: Missing required argument #1
npm ERR! typeerror at andLogAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:31:3)
npm ERR! typeerror at fetchPackageMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:51:22)
npm ERR! typeerror at resolveWithNewModule (/usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:456:12)
npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:457:7
npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50
npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:37:12
npm ERR! typeerror at addRequestedAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:82:5)
npm ERR! typeerror at returnAndAddMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:117:7)
npm ERR! typeerror at pickVersionFromRegistryDocument (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:134:20)
npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50
npm ERR! typeerror This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR! typeerror http://github.com/npm/npm/issues

npm-debug.log

Solution

We fixed this by updating to the latest version of npm as a RUN command in our Dockerfile

RUN npm install -g npm@latest




Ref:  https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/681

Can't update npm to newest version on Ubuntu

First, I install npm

sudo apt-get install -y npm

Which installs npm version 3.5.2. Then I try to update it to newest version and it fails. Could not find a proper solution for this.

sudo npm install npm@latest -g
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WARN engine npm@7.5.2: wanted: {"node":">=10"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"})
WARN engine npm@7.5.2: wanted: {"node":">=10"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":/usr/local/lib
└── (empty)

npm ERR! Linux 4.15.0-135-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "npm@latest" "-g"
npm ERR! node v8.10.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.5.2
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/.staging/@npmcli/ci-detect-c7bf9552
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! syscall rename

npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/.staging/@npmcli/ci-detect-c7bf9552' -> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/ci-detect'
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/.staging/@npmcli/ci-detect-c7bf9552' -> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/ci-detect'
npm ERR! enoent This is most likely not a problem with npm itself
npm ERR! enoent and is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent 

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/some/path/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! code 1

Sulution

I had the exact same issue, after some research I found this post. Several options are given in this article, Option 1 with nvm installation worked for me.

sudo apt update

sudo apt install build-essential checkinstall libssl-dev

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.35.1/install.sh | bash

nvm --version

nvm ls-remote

nvm install [version.number]

More info in this post: https://phoenixnap.com/kb/update-node-js-version

REF: https://superuser.com/questions/1623517/cant-update-npm-to-newest-version-on-ubuntu