Compatibility errors with recent Node.js versions

[ndr0n]

Hey! I was trying to run facet but i get an issue on Ubuntu 22.04 when i run -> npm run facet after npm install.

the error that i get is the following:

TypeError: Cannot set property navigator of # which has only a getter
at Object. (/home/esquilo/Storage/Programs/facet/node_modules/webmidi/dist/cjs/webmidi.cjs.min.js:445:4390)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1376:14)
at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1435:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1207:32)
at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1023:12)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1235:19)
at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:176:18)
at Object. (/home/esquilo/Storage/Programs/facet/js/transport.js:4:19)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1376:14)
at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1435:10)

Node.js v21.1.0

Any help on making this run would be appreciated!

Thanks :)

[nnirror]

@ndr0n Thanks for adding this! I am able to duplicate this after installing Node v21.1.0.

I had been using v14.20.0 up to this point. So, as a workaround, if you change Node versions to v14.20.0, it should (hopefully) run on Ubuntu without this error.

But I will, of course, keep this issue so I can fix this error for newer Node versions.

[nnirror]

I have submitted a ticket to the WebMIDI repo, as after some more testing and process of elimination, I believe the issue is coming from the recently released node versions, and the webmidi npm package.

[nnirror]

Hey @ndr0n FYI if you want to use node v21 with Facet instead of switching to an older node version, you can.

To do so, edit the "scripts" object in package.json to look like this:

"scripts": {
    "facet": "node --no-experimental-global-navigator js/process_manager.js"
  }

I'm going keep this open until the fix goes out for WebMIDI, as they are still looking into it.

[nnirror]

@ndr0n Facet v1.1.6 was just released. It contains the updated WebMIDI package that has been fixed to address this issue. I just tested it on my local machine and it's working with Node v21.1.0 for me. Hopefully this fixes it for you. Thanks for pointing this out!