# Error installing Solid node server **URL:** \ **Category:** Self Host a Solid Pod\ **Created:** [March 7, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/error-installing-solid-node-server/1417 "2019-03-07T12:53:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mikael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@mikael](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/mikael)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/error-installing-solid-node-server/1417/1 "2019-03-07T12:53:42Z")
Hi, I installed node.js succesfully (maybe) but installing solid server results following error: > sudo npm install -g solid-server npm WARN deprecated nodemailer@3.1.8: All versions below 4.0.1 of Nodemailer are deprecated. See [Status :: Nodemailer](https://nodemailer.com/status/) npm WARN deprecated text-encoding@0.6.4: no longer maintained npm WARN deprecated node-uuid@1.4.8: Use uuid module instead npm WARN deprecated coffee-script@1.12.7: CoffeeScript on NPM has moved to “coffeescript” (no hyphen) /usr/bin/solid → /usr/lib/node\_modules/solid-server/bin/solid > spawn-sync@1.0.15 postinstall /usr/lib/node\_modules/solid-server/node\_modules/spawn-sync > node postinstall internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:615 throw err; ^ Error: Cannot find module ‘/usr/lib/node\_modules/solid-server/node\_modules/spawn-sync/postinstall’ at Function.Module.\_resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:613:15) at Function.Module.\_load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:539:25) at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:801:12) at internal/main/run\_main\_module.js:21:11 npm WARN babel-preset-metalab@1.0.0 requires a peer of babel-core@^6.24.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself. npm WARN babel-literal-to-ast@1.0.0 requires a peer of babel-core@\>=6.0.20 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself. npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno 1 npm ERR! spawn-sync@1.0.15 postinstall: `node postinstall` npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the spawn-sync@1.0.15 postinstall script. npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above. npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /home/mikael/.npm/\_logs/2019-03-07T12\_50\_22\_103Z-debug.log Anyone able to help? System is Ubuntu 16 ---
**Author:** ![megoth](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/megoth/32/8_2.png) [@megoth](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/megoth)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/error-installing-solid-node-server/1417/2 "2019-03-07T17:03:57Z")
Which version of Node are you running? Needs to be at least 8 IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![mikael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@mikael](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/mikael)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/error-installing-solid-node-server/1417/3 "2019-03-08T08:10:27Z")
I’m using version v11.10.1. ---
**Author:** ![kjetil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc8723/32.png) [@kjetil](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/kjetil)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/error-installing-solid-node-server/1417/4 "2019-03-08T09:29:20Z")
Oh, it seems the offending package is obsolete: > **[spawn-sync](https://www.npmjs.com/package/spawn-sync)** > > Exports child\_process.spawnSync I’ll try to simply remove it and see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![kjetil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc8723/32.png) [@kjetil](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/kjetil)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/error-installing-solid-node-server/1417/5 "2019-03-08T09:36:35Z")
Hmmm, so that seems to sit at the end of a long dependency chain… Could you please file an issue about it at [https://github.com/solid/node-solid-server/issues/new](https://github.com/solid/node-solid-server/issues/new) ? ---
**Author:** ![mikael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@mikael](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/mikael)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 10:49am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/error-installing-solid-node-server/1417/6 "2019-03-08T10:49:26Z")
Issue opened: > > > OS: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS, node v11.10.1 > > Installing Solid server with > > \> sudo… npm install -g solid-server > > results following errors: > > npm WARN deprecated nodemailer@3.1.8: All versions below 4.0.1 of Nodemailer are deprecated. See https://nodemailer.com/status/ > npm WARN deprecated text-encoding@0.6.4: no longer maintained > npm WARN deprecated node-uuid@1.4.8: Use uuid module instead > npm WARN deprecated coffee-script@1.12.7: CoffeeScript on NPM has moved to "coffeescript" (no hyphen) > /usr/bin/solid -\> /usr/lib/node\_modules/solid-server/bin/solid > > \> spawn-sync@1.0.15 postinstall /usr/lib/node\_modules/solid-server/node\_modules/spawn-sync > \> node postinstall > > internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:615 > throw err; > ^ > > Error: Cannot find module '/usr/lib/node\_modules/solid-server/node\_modules/spawn-sync/postinstall' > at Function.Module.\_resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:613:15) > at Function.Module.\_load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:539:25) > at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:801:12) > at internal/main/run\_main\_module.js:21:11 > npm WARN babel-preset-metalab@1.0.0 requires a peer of babel-core@^6.24.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself. > npm WARN babel-literal-to-ast@1.0.0 requires a peer of babel-core@\>=6.0.20 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself. > > npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE > npm ERR! errno 1 > npm ERR! spawn-sync@1.0.15 postinstall: \`node postinstall\` > npm ERR! Exit status 1 > npm ERR! > npm ERR! Failed at the spawn-sync@1.0.15 postinstall script. > npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above. > > npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: > npm ERR! ---
**Author:** ![kjetilk](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/kjetilk/32/468_2.png) [@kjetilk](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/kjetilk)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/error-installing-solid-node-server/1417/7 "2019-03-08T11:47:01Z")
Thanks! As noted there, the problem seems to be down a long dependency chain that I don’t think is easy to fix, so if anybody else in the forums have an idea, it would be great to hear! ---
**Author:** ![mikael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@mikael](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/mikael)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/error-installing-solid-node-server/1417/8 "2019-04-04T10:34:36Z")
Am i missing something? There is no working Solid server and no replys in this thread… ---
**Author:** ![aveltens](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/aveltens/32/3987_2.png) [@aveltens](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/aveltens)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/error-installing-solid-node-server/1417/9 "2019-04-07T19:14:59Z")
I cannot reproduce it. ```auto docker run node:11-alpine npm install -g solid-server ``` works without errors. Might be specific to Ubuntu 16.04, which has a binary called `nodejs` , but not `node` : [ForbesLindesay/spawn-sync#42](https://github.com/ForbesLindesay/spawn-sync/issues/42)