Aphlict requires 'node' binary in $PATH, but Ubuntu 14.04 package provides 'nodejs'.
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	Jun 6 2014, 8:11 PM

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This could be fixed directly, or the documentation could mention a workaround:

sudo ln -s `which nodejs` /usr/local/bin/node

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	D9419	rP39ca090d154b Try `nodejs` before `node` when starting notification server

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• rmmh created this task.Jun 6 2014, 8:11 PM

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joshuaspence added a project: Aphlict.Jun 6 2014, 8:16 PM

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Better workaround: install nodejs-legacy, which does this symlink.

I think it's reasonable for us to test for both binaries and exit with a human-readable error if neither is found.

A more difficult problem would be determining if the node/nodejs binary is actually NodeJS... I believe that the reason that node became nodejs was due to conflicting with an existing package.

oh lovely

Some info here: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/07/msg00002.html

epriestley edited this Maniphest Task.Jun 7 2014, 8:14 PM

epriestley edited this Maniphest Task.Jun 7 2014, 8:56 PM

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