Problem installing modules in NodeRed

[TadyTheFish]

Hello
I have updated Dietpi from 9.8.0 to 9.9.0 and started to have problems with Node red.
If I try to install (or update) ANY of the available nodes I get an BADENGINE error from npm
2024-12-25T16:17:28.748Z [err] npm error code EBADENGINE 2024-12-25T16:17:28.748Z [err] npm error engine Unsupported engine 2024-12-25T16:17:28.748Z [err] npm error engine Not compatible with your version of node/npm: @homebridge/[email protected] 2024-12-25T16:17:28.748Z [err] npm error notsup Not compatible with your version of node/npm: @homebridge/[email protected] 2024-12-25T16:17:28.748Z [err] npm error notsup Required: {"node":"^18 || ^20 || ^22"} 2024-12-25T16:17:28.748Z [err] npm error notsup Actual: {"npm":"10.9.2","node":"v23.5.0"} 2024-12-25T16:17:28.749Z [err] npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/node-red/.npm/_logs/2024-12-25T16_17_27_651Z-debug-0.log 2024-12-25T16:17:28.757Z rc=1
The installed node.js is version 23 but no modules want that, even the official recommendation from Node red is to use version 22.
I installed NodeRed via dietpi-software and it pulls version 23
can you revert back to Node.js version 22?
If I try to install Node red via their official script it thrown se an error that I am running Dietpi and should install via Dietpi-software.
Thank you

[TadyTheFish]

For anyone facing the same problems, you can manually downgrade Node.js
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichaIng/nodejs-linux-installer/master/node-install.sh chmod +x node-install.sh sudo ./node-install.sh -v v20.18.1
and reboot the system
Worked for me and now I can install modules

[MichaIng]

We should switch to LTS versions by default. I checked the index we currently parse, and there is an LTS field indeed. It is a little inconsistent, sometimes containing the code name of the release, sometimes just "true", and some subversions of an LTS release have the field empty. But otherwise I think we can use it, taking the first release which has this field set to any value (other than "-"):

• https://nodejs.org/dist/index.tab
• https://unofficial-builds.nodejs.org/download/release/index.tab

I need to add support for this (an --lts flag) to our Node.js installer, when I find time. Will be done until next DietPi release: https://github.com/MichaIng/nodejs-linux-installer