[oe] nodejs: newer npm?

[Gary Thomas]

On 2016-07-13 16:41, Davis, Michael wrote:
> I am building for intel core2-32 with an nginx backend.
> I believe the layer exists to keep packages more closely aligned with the
> upstream project.  I personally use it for the current 6.x releases of nodejs.
>

Fair enough (although I believe that this should be only in one place).

That said, I'm having issues with very simple angularjs application.  Any
ideas how I might debug it?  My target is ARM i.MX6Q (armv7-hardfp)?

> On Wednesday, July 13, 2016 04:24:52 PM Gary Thomas wrote:
>> On 2016-07-13 15:29, Davis, Michael wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> I have tried this and yes, the versions are newer, but my simple example
>> still does not work :-(
>>
>> What target/platform are you using?
>> Any idea why there is a separate layer for something that is in a
>> more mainstream (meta-oe) layer for the same things?
>>
>>> 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


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