Error installing new Node version on OSX

[dangerbell]

I just installed 'n' using npm (npm install n -g) which worked. I then went to install the latest stable release of Node and it downloaded and compiled fine, but then stopped when copying from /usr/local/n/versions/0.10.4/include/node. I got the same error if I specified '0.10.4' instead of 'stable' and the same error for '0.10.3'.

I was able to install 0.8.23, but that also seemed to end with a different error:

cp: cannot overwrite directory ./wafadmin with non-directory /usr/local/lib/node//wafadmin

(Note the double slashes before 'wafadmin')

But in the 0.8.23 case node --version gives me v0.8.23 so it seems to have mostly worked.

Versions:

original installed version of node: 0.8.17
npm: 1.2.10
n: 0.7.3
OSX: 10.8.2

[bhanuc]

geting same error on gentoo.

[qw3rtman]

Is this still an issue or can this be closed?

[bhanuc]

I moved from gentoo to Ubuntu so cannot confirm the issue from my end
On Dec 21, 2015 2:45 AM, "Nimit Kalra" notifications@github.com wrote:

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[dangerbell]

I didn't end up using 'n', so I didn't keep trying on this. I just tried to install the latest node version with n and it didn't work, but with a different error.

It might be that this isn't installed right or it it's some issue with something else I've upgraded since then, like moving to OS X El Captain.

This is the error I got:

[10:31:06] vail:backend$ n latest
######################################################################## 100.0%
rm: node-v5.3.0.tar.gz: No such file or directory
Error: installation failed
  node version 5.3.0 does not exist,
  n failed to fetch the tarball,
  or tar failed. Try a different
  version or view /tmp/n.log to view
  error details.
[10:31:12] vail:backend$ n stable
######################################################################## 100.0%
rm: node-v5.2.0.tar.gz: No such file or directory
Error: installation failed
  node version 5.2.0 does not exist,
  n failed to fetch the tarball,
  or tar failed. Try a different
  version or view /tmp/n.log to view
  error details.
[10:34:48] vail:backend$ cat /tmp/n.log 
tar: Unrecognized archive format
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

Current version info:

OS X 10.11.1
npm: 2.14.2
n: 0.4.2
node: v4.0.0

Unfortunately since I'm not using 'n', I can't really put more effort into debugging this. Feel free to close this if it's not something other users are reporting.

[qw3rtman]

@dangerbell update n! We're on 2.1.0 now. npm update n --global. Let me know if that helps.

[troy0820]

The updates to the newest version of n should take care of this. I'm closing this issue but if this issue persists, please open a new issue.