Install pimatic failing

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I could not update to the latest version of pimatic, so i tried it manually with:

npm i pimatic in the pimatic-app folder, but i get an error:

npm ERR! Linux 4.14.34-v7+
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "i" "pimatic" "--production"
npm ERR! node v4.8.7
npm ERR! npm  v2.15.11
npm ERR! code EPEERINVALID

npm ERR! peerinvalid The package pimatic@0.9.43 does not satisfy its siblings' peerDependencies requirements!
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer pimatic-backup@0.2.0 wants pimatic@>=0.8.0 <1.0.0
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer pimatic-cron@0.8.8 wants pimatic@>=0.8.0 <1.0.0
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer pimatic-fronius-solar@0.0.17 wants pimatic@>=0.8.0 <1.0.0
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer pimatic-hap@0.11.1 wants pimatic@~0.9.0
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer pimatic-homeduino@0.9.11 wants pimatic@0.9.*
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer pimatic-kodi@0.1.9 wants pimatic@>=0.8.0 <1.0.0
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer pimatic-mobile-frontend@0.9.12 wants pimatic@0.9.*
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer pimatic-mysensors@0.9.2 wants pimatic@>=0.8.0 <1.0.0
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer pimatic-nefit@0.1.18 wants pimatic@0.9.*
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer pimatic-openweather@0.9.4 wants pimatic@>=0.8.0 <1.0.0
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer pimatic-ping@0.9.5 wants pimatic@>=0.8.0 <1.0.0
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer pimatic-raspbee@0.0.7 wants pimatic@>=0.9.0
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer pimatic-shell-execute@0.9.11 wants pimatic@0.9.*
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer pimatic-sonos@0.1.1 wants pimatic@0.8.*
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer pimatic-sunrise@0.9.2 wants pimatic@>=0.8.0 <1.0.0
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer pimatic-telegram@1.1.11 wants pimatic@>=0.9.*
npm ERR! peerinvalid Peer pimatic-zwave-usb@0.0.11 wants pimatic@0.9.*

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/pimatic-app/npm-debug.log

Anyone know how to fix this?

Ah, already got it. changed the value of pimatic version on pimatic-sonos.

OH no, cant start pimatic now:

/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/i18n/node_modules/debug/src/node.js:132
        let val = process.env[key];
        ^^^

SyntaxError: Block-scoped declarations (let, const, function, class) not yet supported outside strict mode
    at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:373:25)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
    at Module.load (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/coffee-script/lib/coffee-script/register.js:45:36)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/i18n/node_modules/debug/src/index.js:9:19)
    at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
    at Module.load (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/coffee-script/lib/coffee-script/register.js:45:36)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/i18n/i18n.js:16:11)
    at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
    at Module.load (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/coffee-script/lib/coffee-script/register.js:45:36)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/i18n/index.js:1:18)
    at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
    at Module.load (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/coffee-script/lib/coffee-script/register.js:45:36)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/lib/users.coffee:2:6)
    at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
    at Object.compile (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/coffee-cache.js:170:17)
    at Module.load (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/coffee-script/lib/coffee-script/register.js:45:36)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/startup.coffee:14:13)
    at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
    at Object.compile (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/coffee-cache.js:170:17)
    at Module.load (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/coffee-script/lib/coffee-script/register.js:45:36)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at run (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/pimatic.js:15:3)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/pimatic.js:20:3)
    at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:441:10)
    at startup (node.js:140:18)

see https://forum.pimatic.org/topic/4423/is-pimatic-install-broken/9

Hello I have the same issue now…is there any solution planned without downgradeing the kernel??? how do i downgrade the kernel???

I had more succes getting the 0.9.4.2 0.9.42 version working, just don’t update!

@stokstaart said in Install pimatic failing:

0.9.4.2

how do i install 0.9.4.2 0.9.42???

@temp said in Install pimatic failing:

how do i install 0.9.4.2???

It is version 0.9.42 you’re trying to install, btw.

cd /home/pi
mkdir pimatic-app
npm install pimatic@0.9.42 --prefix pimatic-app --production

Pimatic 0.9.42 ist working

Ähmmm, when there a so many users which has problems with the latest version 0.9.43. Isn’t it better to revoke it? Or is the a road map for a version 0.9.44?

@ortin Published version cannot be revoked easily. A new version is is not so easy to accomplish as the pimatic build thing does not contain dependency lock-down as far as I can see. One can probably republish from a tar-ball.

https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/unpublish

yes I guess one could download 0.9.42 and publish it as 0.9.44

I just figured out this would not help. the problem is that i18n module uses the module debug with version * which means “latest” and the latest version of debug dropped node 4 support with version 4.0.1

So following solutions are possible (order of effort)

• manually patch ~/pimatic-app/node-modules/i18n/package.json to refer to debug 3.x instead of *
  • and remove the node-modules folder there
  • and npm install again there
• get the “patch” applied to the i18n dependancie as it is bad practice to reference *
• get rid of i18n, replace it with something else which still works with node 4
• get pimatic to run on latest stable node (huge effort, I sadly suspect that this is never going to happen)

@thex Thanks for sorting this out. I’ll look into this asap.

Having packages using “latest” or “*” in the subordinate dependencies is a big pain!

fyi I have created a test versions for pimatic@test and pimatic-mobile-frontend@test

@thex said in Install pimatic failing:

• get pimatic to run on latest stable node (huge effort, I sadly suspect that this is never going to happen)

Does this mean that Pimatic is actually “End of life”?
Unable to run on the latest Node and looking at the troubles users experienced with the latest release i wonder what updates would look like in the future… ( i do not know enough about Node to answer these questions myselve…)

@stokstaart said in Install pimatic failing:

Does this mean that Pimatic is actually “End of life”?

As long as there are still volunteers contributing to pimatic it is not end of life. However, migrating to the latest Node version is major effort and currently we’re lacking developers who have the time to contribute. Hopefully, this will improve a little bit in the winter months. Clearly, the migration to the latest Node version is key as otherwise it will get very hard or even impossible to maintain pimatic in the future.

I am planning to talk to @sweetpi and @leader21 about the current situation.

From my point of view the main problem is that pimatic is mostly unknown.
Wasn’t there plans to announce pimatic in a Raspberry journal, I thing to do so could help.

I really understand that the main devs will not work for less in there free time (beside some donates) to keep the system up to date, but what will happen when nobody can support you in future. As I learned pimatic cannot stay on node 4. @michbeck100 creates a node 8 pimatic already. Couldn’t be that a base to go forward?

WhatsApp ist the Outcome of the internal discussion??? @mwittig