dpkg: error unpacking nodejs during MM2 manual installation

jackl6681

During installation of MM2 and I am getting an error when trying to unpack nodejs in the first step of the manual installation…

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt install -y nodejs

The error is:
Preparing to unpack …/nodejs_16.13.2-deb-1nodesource1_armhf.deb …
Unpacking nodejs (16.13.2-deb-1nodesource1) over (12.22.5~dfsg-2~11u1) …
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/nodejs_16.13.2-deb-1nodesource1_armhf.deb (–unpack)
:
trying to overwrite ‘/usr/share/doc/nodejs/api/fs.html’, which is also in package nodejs-doc 12.22.5~dfsg-
2~11u1
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/nodejs_16.13.2-deb-1nodesource1_armhf.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I have started from scratch and reloaded RP OS 3X and get the same error at the same point each time.
Using a Raspberry Pi 4 with 4 GB and a 64 GB microSD card.

RP functions perfectly just cannot get past this error.

Thanks advance for any assistance.

sdetweil

@jackl6681 yes, bullseye is a mess…

In my install script I use n to install the right version

sudo npm install n -g

then to install node 16(latest)

n 16

you can install a specific version

n 16.1.0

n is the nodejs version of nvm ( node version manager)

I was unsuccessful at recovering the system after trying to install without n. and had to reflash.

see
https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

n --help gives you more info

you can switch between versions
you can run one version for one app, and a different version for another app.

all kinds of cool uses

n does not work on windows

jackl6681

@sdetweil - ran your script with new flash , kicked out line 375

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ bash -c “$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/raspberry.sh)”

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_____/

install log being saved to /home/pi/install.log
Installing helper tools …
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 1376 (packagekitd)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?
Updating packages …
bash: line 144: pv: command not found
Check current Node installation …
Node.js is not installed.
Installing Node.js …
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 1376 (packagekitd)
N: Be aware that removing the lock file is not a solution and may break your system.
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 1376 (packagekitd)
N: Be aware that removing the lock file is not a solution and may break your system.
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 1376 (packagekitd)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?
bash: line 262: node: command not found
Node.js installation Done! version=
Check current NPM installation …
npm is not installed.
Installing npm …
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend. It is held by process 1376 (packagekitd)
E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?
sudo: npm: command not found
bash: line 310: npm: command not found
npm installation Done! version=V
Cloning MagicMirror …
Cloning into ‘MagicMirror’…
remote: Enumerating objects: 330, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (330/330), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (289/289), done.
remote: Total 330 (delta 51), reused 148 (delta 29), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (330/330), 448.62 KiB | 172.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (51/51), done.
Cloning MagicMirror Done!
Installing dependencies …
bash: line 375: npm: command not found
Unable to install dependencies!

jackl6681

Thanks much! sdetweil…

was able to get MM2 up and running.

Cheers from Toronto Ontario Canada

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