BUG: Broken makesetup command , node prerequisite not satisfied in Ubuntu 22.04 and other distribs

[bgauchon-reply]

NB : Node 14 is deprecated, code should be updated for node >= 22 ref

Context
pip 22.0.2
python3.10
aws_cdk_lib-2.146.0-py3-none-any.whl
boto3-1.34.127-py3-none-any.whl

npm install -g aws-cdk
npm WARN EBADENGINE Unsupported engine {
npm WARN EBADENGINE   package: '[email protected]',
npm WARN EBADENGINE   required: { node: '>= 14.15.0' },
npm WARN EBADENGINE   current: { node: 'v12.22.9', npm: '8.5.1' }
npm WARN EBADENGINE }

cdk --version
	SyntaxError: Unexpected token '?'
		at wrapSafe (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:915:16)
		at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:963:27)
		at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1027:10)
		at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:863:32)
		at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:708:14)
		at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:19)
		at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:85:18)
		at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/aws-cdk/bin/cdk.js:3:15)
		at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:999:30)
		at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1027:10)
	make: *** [Makefile:77: setup-cdk] Error 1

TEMP solution : manually update for node 14, which is deprecated and require to remove manually libnode as dependancy fails

sudo apt-get purge nodejs libnode*
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo bash -
sudo apt -y install nodejs

make setup

...
npm install -g aws-cdk --force
npm WARN using --force I sure hope you know what you are doing.
/usr/bin/cdk -> /usr/lib/node_modules/aws-cdk/bin/cdk
+ [email protected]
added 2 packages from 6 contributors in 1.608s
cdk --version
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!                                                                            !!
!!  Node 14 has reached end-of-life on 2023-04-30 and is not supported.       !!
!!  Please upgrade to a supported node version as soon as possible.           !!
!!                                                                            !!
!!  This software is currently running on node v14.21.3.                      !!
!!  As of the current release of this software, supported node releases are:  !!
!!  - ^22.0.0 (Planned end-of-life: 2027-04-30)                               !!
!!  - ^20.0.0 (Planned end-of-life: 2026-04-30)                               !!
!!  - ^18.0.0 (Planned end-of-life: 2025-04-30)                               !!
!!                                                                            !!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2.146.0 (build b368c78)
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