@wwats ok, do

d

to delete it

then node -v

@wwats try this from the n info

Remove the installed Node.js (does not affect the cached versions). This can be useful to revert to the system version of node (if in a different location)

sudo n prune
sudo n uninstall

@wwats and what does
node -v
show now?

@wwats can u do

ls -laF /usr/local/bin/node

@wwats ok, lets run this

bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/node20_install.sh)"

@wwats

type the command

which node

and show the output

@sil3ntstorm my install/upgrade scripts

https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

that is the (bullseye) image I use as well…
pi0w gets the legacy (buster) image

@sil3ntstorm is it the 64 bit OS, or 32? 64 bit seems to be the biggest trouble spot…

I would use the 32 bit image

then run my install script as the first thing…

we had trouble with the preinstalled node 12 too…

@sil3ntstorm my scripts auto install 20.8.0

the problem is your system installed 20.5.1 instead…

we don’t know why yet, and don’t have a reliable fix.

pm2 can’t run cause node is broken,

so far the only fix is to rebuild your sd card …

use my backup script to save your MM config , modules, …
https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore

reflash the sd card, use my install script and then restore script…
(note that you have to get the ~/MM_backup folder to safety… maybe on github …

the fixes suggested by folks on the node distro group do not work.

@sil3ntstorm thanks… the ‘problem’ is that we have a mangled node configuration…

we asked for node 20.8.0, but got 20.5.1 which is broken