Node - was compiled against a different Node.js ve

Question

I am running a node application on terminal. Have recently upgraded to node v8.5.0, but am getting this error:

Error: The module '/tidee/tidee-au/packages/tidee-au-server/node_modules/bcrypt/lib/binding/bcrypt_lib.node'
was compiled against a different Node.js version using
NODE_MODULE_VERSION 51. This version of Node.js requires
NODE_MODULE_VERSION 57. Please try re-compiling or re-installing
the module (for instance, using `npm rebuild` or `npm install`).
    at Object.Module._extensions..node (module.js:653:18)
    at Module.load (module.js:545:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:508:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:500:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:568:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/tidee/tidee-au/packages/tidee-au-server/node_modules/bcrypt/bcrypt.js:6:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:624:30)
    at Module._extensions..js (module.js:635:10)
    at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .js] (/tidee/tidee-au/packages/tidee-au-server/node_modules/babel-register/lib/node.js:152:7)
    at Module.load (module.js:545:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:508:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:500:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:568:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/tidee/tidee-au/packages/tidee-au-server/server/helpers/encryptPass.js:1:16)

Any idea how to solve this?

Answer 1

I just got this error running kadence the installed "kadence" script checks for nodejs first and only runs node if there is no nodejs. I have the latest version of node linked into my ~/bin directory but nodejs runs an older version that I had forgotten to uninstall but never caused problems until just now.

So people with this problem might check if node and nodejs actually run the same version of node...

Answer 2

I had the same problem and nothing mentioned here worked for me. Here is what worked for me:

1. Require all dependencies you need in the main.js file that is run by electron. (this seemed to be the first important part for me)
2. Run npm i -D electron-rebuild to add the electron-rebuild package
3. Remove the node-modules folder, as well as the packages-lock.json file.
4. Run npm i to install all modules.
5. Run ./node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild to rebuild everything

It is very important to run ./node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild directly after npm i otherwise it did not work on my mac.

I hope I could help some frustrated souls.

Answer 3

run npm config set python python2.7 and run npm install again the party is on.

Answer 4

Potentially, inconsistency of the node JS versions is what causes the problem. As stated in the documentation. Be sure to use one of the lts release. E.g. specify this in your Dockerfile:

# Pull lts from docker registry
FROM node:8.12.0

# ...

Answer 5

I got the same error but I was trying to run a node application using a Docker container.

I fixed it by adding a .dockerignore file to ignore the node_modules directory to make sure that when the docker image builds, it builds the native packages for the image I wanted (Alpine) instead of copying over the node_modules compiled for my host (Debian).

Answer 6

I had a similar problem with robotjs. There were some deprecated code that required node v11, but I had already compiled electron code on v12. So I got basically the same error. Nothing here worked as I was basically trying to rebuild electron and my other dependencies into node v11 from v12.

Here is what I did (part of this is based on chitzui's answer, credit where credit is due):

• Back up package.json
• completely delete the node_modules folder
• completely delete package_lock.json
• delete package.json (will reinit later)
• Close any open editors and other cmd windows that are in the project's directory.
• run npm init to reinit package, then missing data with old backed up package.json
• run npm i
• fixed :)

Hope this helps.