Error trying to install a local copy of Respec

[riannella]

Hi, I am trying to install a local copy of Respec (to make some specific changes) and after the "npm install" I get the following error:

respec@7.0.0 copydeps /Users/renato/users/monegraph/GitHub/architecture/respec-develop
node ./tools/copydeps.js

/Users/renato/users/monegraph/GitHub/architecture/respec-develop/tools/copydeps.js:30
const rm = async(function*(...files) {
^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token ...
at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
at Module._compile (module.js:373:25)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:441:10)
at startup (node.js:139:18)
at node.js:974:3

npm ERR! Darwin 16.3.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "run" "copydeps"
npm ERR! node v4.6.1
npm ERR! npm v2.15.9
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! respec@7.0.0 copydeps: node ./tools/copydeps.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the respec@7.0.0 copydeps script 'node ./tools/copydeps.js'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the respec package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node ./tools/copydeps.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs respec
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!
npm ERR! npm owner ls respec
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /Users/renato/users/monegraph/GitHub/architecture/respec-develop/npm-debug.log

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This is macOS 10.12.2

[marcoscaceres]

Your version of Node is out of date 😊 please use anything above version 6 (current LTS release).

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On 16 Dec. 2016, at 1:35 am, Renato Iannella ***@***.***> wrote: Hi, I am trying to install a local copy of Respec (to make some specific changes) and after the "npm install" I get the following error: ***@***.*** copydeps /Users/renato/users/monegraph/GitHub/architecture/respec-develop node ./tools/copydeps.js /Users/renato/users/monegraph/GitHub/architecture/respec-develop/tools/copydeps.js:30 const rm = async(function*(...files) { ^^^ SyntaxError: Unexpected token ... at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16) at Module._compile (module.js:373:25) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10) at Module.load (module.js:343:32) at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12) at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:441:10) at startup (node.js:139:18) at node.js:974:3 npm ERR! Darwin 16.3.0 npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "run" "copydeps" npm ERR! node v4.6.1 npm ERR! npm v2.15.9 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! ***@***.*** copydeps: node ./tools/copydeps.js npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the ***@***.*** copydeps script 'node ./tools/copydeps.js'. npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the respec package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm ERR! node ./tools/copydeps.js npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with: npm ERR! npm bugs respec npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via: npm ERR! npm ERR! npm owner ls respec npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above. npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! /Users/renato/users/monegraph/GitHub/architecture/respec-develop/npm-debug.log ========= This is macOS 10.12.2 — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[riannella]

Thanks @marcoscaceres - that worked....
I do wish computers were smarter ;-)

[marcoscaceres]

@riannella, I'm hoping to be able to warn in the future about this.