Distributions: node/npm version mis-match

[SilkAndSlug]

I've installed nodejs and npm packages on Debian Buster. Running npm gives this error:

npm WARN npm npm does not support Node.js v10.15.2
npm WARN npm You should probably upgrade to a newer version of node as we
npm WARN npm can't make any promises that npm will work with this version.
npm WARN npm Supported releases of Node.js are the latest release of 4, 6, 7, 8, 9.
npm WARN npm You can find the latest version at https://nodejs.org/

Packages from this repo should be compatible.

node -v gives v10.15.2 ; npm -v gives 5.8.0

[razsh]

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | bash - will install node version 10 and with no npm.
I believe the same is true for setup_8.x.

[rhpereda]

Hi, i'm facing the same issues with curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | bash -, any updates or workarounds?

[ashhadsheikh]

+1, while curling setup_6.x we get version 10.

[StevenPyle]

Confirmed, both setup_6.x and 8.x install 10.15. We do a CI build pinned on node 8. It installed 8 on Friday and started installing 10 on Monday so something changed in the last few days. A workaround is possible by adding a /etc/apt/preferences.d/nodesource file which gives priority to the nodesource version. Details can be found here: #866

[pixelbrackets]

_StevenPyle wrote_

Confirmed, both setup_6.x and 8.x install 10.15. We do a CI build pinned on node 8. It installed 8 on Friday and started installing 10 on Monday so something changed in the last few days. A workaround is possible by adding a /etc/apt/preferences.d/nodesource file which gives priority to the nodesource version. Details can be found here: #866

Same here, we use Debian 10 and node 8 in one of our CI builds and now get node 10 instead, without npm. Node 11 & 12 dont have such an issue.

A workaround is to force pin the version 8 repository using the method suggested in #866. In our case I added the following line right before the nodejs install command to make the builds green again.

(echo "Package: *" && echo "Pin: origin deb.nodesource.com" && echo "Pin-Priority: 600") > /etc/apt/preferences.d/nodesource