Installing xo-cli on new VM

nick.lloyd

Howdy!

I'm trying to install xo-cli on a new Ubuntu 22.02 VM. I don't need the full XO, just the cli. I've installed NPM, and did sudo npm install -g xo-cli, but when I try to run xo-cli register..., it returns ths:

internal/process/esm_loader.js:74
    internalBinding('errors').triggerUncaughtException(
                              ^

Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find package 'fs' imported from /usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-cli/index.mjs
    at packageResolve (internal/modules/esm/resolve.js:664:9)
    at moduleResolve (internal/modules/esm/resolve.js:705:18)
    at Loader.defaultResolve [as _resolve] (internal/modules/esm/resolve.js:798:11)
    at Loader.resolve (internal/modules/esm/loader.js:100:40)
    at Loader.getModuleJob (internal/modules/esm/loader.js:246:28)
    at ModuleWrap.<anonymous> (internal/modules/esm/module_job.js:47:40)
    at link (internal/modules/esm/module_job.js:46:36) {
  code: 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND'
}

Am I missing something I need to install? I've had this happen before on a Rocky 9 VM as well, but someone else had fixed that for me.

nick.lloyd

That's what it was. For whatever reason, ubuntu defaults to installing these versions for node and npm respectively:
v12.22.9
8.5.1

Following the steps here fixed it. As always, thanks!!

olivierlambert

fs is a native package in Node, so it's very weird. Double check you are using Node LTS and if you spot any install error.

nick.lloyd

That's what it was. For whatever reason, ubuntu defaults to installing these versions for node and npm respectively:
v12.22.9
8.5.1

Following the steps here fixed it. As always, thanks!!