Weird error 8 object prototype may only be an object or null

[Blixia]

I was trying out webtorrent and I got stuck on this error which I can't figure out.

util.js:555
  ctor.prototype = Object.create(superCtor.prototype, {
                          ^
TypeError: Object prototype may only be an Object or null
    at Function.create (native)
    at exports.inherits (util.js:555:27)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/frank/Projects/WebTor/Backend/node_modules/webtorrent/node_modules/render-media/node_modules/videostream/mp4-remuxer.js:20:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
    at require (module.js:380:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/frank/Projects/WebTor/Backend/node_modules/webtorrent/node_modules/render-media/node_modules/videostream/videostream.js:4:18)
npm ERR! weird error 8
npm WARN This failure might be due to the use of legacy binary "node"
npm WARN For further explanations, please read
/usr/share/doc/nodejs/README.Debian

npm ERR! not ok code 0

Installing nodejs-legacy doesn't change this error.

Running the following code:

'use strict';

var webTorrent = require('webtorrent');
var fs = require('fs');

var client = new webTorrent();
var magnet = '';

client.add(magnet,function(torrent)
{
    client.on('torrent',function(torrent)
    {
        console.log(torrent.infoHash);
    });

    torrent.on('done',function()
    {
        console.log('done downloading');
        torrent.files.forEach(function(file)
        {
            file.getBuffer(function(err,buffer)
            {
                if(err) throw err;

                fs.appendFile('./downloads/'+file.name,buffer,function(err)
                {
                    if(err) return console.log(err);
                    console.log('appending');
                })
            });
        });
    });

    torrent.on('download', function(chunkSize)
    {
      console.log('chunk size: ' + chunkSize);
      console.log('total downloaded: ' + torrent.downloaded);
      console.log('download speed: ' + torrent.downloadSpeed);
      console.log('progress: ' + torrent.progress);
      console.log('======');
    });

});

[feross]

This was caused by one of the packages that WebTorrent depends on writing this:

var EventEmitter = require('events')

instead of

var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter

The former only works in very recent versions of node. It's fixed now.

You can fix the issue by updating node, or just reinstalling webtorrent. Cheers!

[feross]

Also, it's worth noting that WebTorrent only officially supports node v4 and v5. Since you're probably running 0.10 or 0.12, you should really update!

https://nodejs.org/en/

[feross]

Node 0.10 will be completely unsupported on October 2016. Node 0.12 will be on December 2016. This also means no security updates! 💀

[lock]

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