https://docs.nodebb.org/installing/os/ubuntu/
I am following the NodeBB documentation(link attached above) to setup nodeBB locally on my machine – However, I am stuck at “Installing nodeBB” step with the below error.
$ ./nodebb start
/home/pravallika/nodebb/node_modules/commander/lib/command.js:380
enableOrNameAndArgs = enableOrNameAndArgs ?? 'help [command]';
^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token ?
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:723:23)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:692:17)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pravallika/nodebb/node_modules/commander/index.js:2:21)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
Browsed for solutions, I have seen suggestions related to version of nodeJS so I checked it too,I don’t think that’s the issue. Not sure of how to proceed.
Specs & installations:
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.6
LTS Release: 20.04
Codename: focal
$ node -v
v10.19.0
$ npm -v
6.14.4
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