Nodejs version under ubuntu

[piotrrepetowski]

Guys I have a question:

Is there a way to disable node.js-devel repo for Ubuntu? Now when I install nodejs through puppet with:

class { "nodejs":
version => "latest",
manage_repo => true,
}

I get newest version of nodejs from node.js-devel but I want to use stable version.

I don't understand why you added both repositories.

Best regards.

[philfreo]

Agreed... not able to install the latest stable version on Ubuntu 12.04. Using the master version of this module.

[philfreo]

Actually, I can install the latest stable version (0.10.18) but I have to specify this funky string, rather than 'latest' or even just '0.10.21':

  class { 'nodejs':
    version     => '0.10.21-1chl1~precise1', # found from https://launchpad.net/~chris-lea/+archive/node.js
    manage_repo => true,
  }

[piotrrepetowski]

That's true @philfreo.

My workaround was to directly install "nodejs" via apt before touching any npm managed package:

apt::ppa { 'ppa:chris-lea/node.js-devel': }

package { "nodejs":
    ensure => "present"
    require => Class["apt"]
}

And after that I normally used package with "npm" provider.

[blakeharv]

Bleah, finally got it working. Here is some updated info:

• Chris is no longer hosting a separate dev package.
• The main node.js package contains develop as well as npm
• see here: https://chrislea.com/2013/03/15/upgrading-from-node-js-0-8-x-to-0-10-0-from-my-ppa/
• and here for ensuring specific linux versions: https://launchpad.net/~chris-lea/+archive/node.js

And here's what final worked for me:

# Set the PPA package
apt::ppa { 'ppa:chris-lea/node.js': }

apt::ppa { 'ppa:chris-lea/node.js':
  before => Exec['apt-get update']
}

exec { 'apt-get update':
  command => '/usr/bin/apt-get update'
}

# Specify your  linux version (from the above link)
package { 'nodejs':
  ensure => '0.10.19-1chl1~precise1',
  require => Exec["apt-get update"]
}

# Add additional Node packages
package { 'grunt-cli':
  ensure   => present,
  provider => 'npm',
  require => Package['nodejs']
}

[piotrrepetowski]

The problem is that you need to specify this strange version string. If you don't do that you will get unstable nodejs installed on your ubuntu and you will need to change it when new version will be released.

What do you think about adding some parameter "unstable" for class parameters? But now I'm not sure how this will work for other distributions.

[codesplicer]

Added a pull request related to this issue: /pull/62

If $manage_repo is true then this module will install the latest stable, if both $manage_repo and $dev_package are true then it will install the unstable version.

NB - the PPA can only ever track the latest stable releases, historic versions aren't kept in the repo thanks to the way launchpad works, so manually specifying a version string will fail the puppet run if the PPA version has advanced.

[juniorsysadmin]

The most recent 0.10.x version should now be installed by default, but if you have sufficient bandages for cuts to your fingers you should also be able to install 0.12.x on Debian-based platforms with repo_url_suffix => 'node_0.12'.