[oe] nodejs: newer npm?

[Davis, Michael]

I am currently using angular from a different meta layer.
https://github.com/imyller/meta-nodejs
It maintains newer versions of nodejs.  
It might be something you want to try.


On Wednesday, July 13, 2016 10:11:05 AM Gary Thomas wrote:
> On 2016-07-13 09:39, Gary Thomas wrote:
> > The current (at least 4.4.4) nodejs recipe also creates nodejs-npm
> > which is npm version 2.15.1.  I'm trying to run angularjs that needs
> > npm >= 3.3.x.  I've not yet tried the update to 4.4.5, so if this
> > fixes the issue just let me know.
> > 
> > What needs to be done to get a newer npm?
> > 
> > BTW, the current one segfaults when trying to install the
> > attached package file.
> 
> I have now tried nodejs-4.4.5 which has npm-2.15.5  It no longer
> segfaults on the install step, but it doesn't really work :-(
> Any access just returns 'Cannot GET /'
> 
> Anyone have suggestions on how I might debug this?  It's a known
> working (simple) application I got from
> https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/quickstart.html