Nvm: Is it normal that `nvm install 10` for the first time takes more than an hour?

[johhansantana]

I created a VPS with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 32bit and after installing nvm via curl I have ran:
nvm install 10 and it's taking a lot longer than usual. These are the logs:

It's neverending logging similar things.

I remember this happening once on my personal computer a long time ago when I had ubuntu installed as well but it has never happened again until today.

[ljharb]

It definitely isn’t normal.

It looks like it’s hanging on the compilation step - is there any chance you copied the .nvm dir from a different machine? If so, try nvm cache clear and try the install again?

If not, then I’m really not sure - presumably the same issue would occur with compiling node downloaded directly from the website.

[johhansantana]

After trying nvm cache clear and nvm install 10 I got the same result ( I think )

Here's are the logs:
https://gist.github.com/johhansantana/3f68b41b82811c291bb406bab0b4c3d9

I tried installing V9.x using nvm install 9 and it worked :l

[ljharb]

It's possible that node v10 isn't compatible with your machine - is it 32 bit or 64 bit? What exact architecture are you on?

[ljharb]

Also, what gcc version do you have?

[johhansantana]

It is 32bit.

Not sure what you mean by gcc

[ljharb]

gcc --version - it's the C compiler. node no longer produces 32 bit binaries as of v10, so you'd have to be able to compile it from source. (32 bit machines are very very ancient)

[ljharb]

So given that it's compiling, and that it's an old slow machine, and that v9 didn't have to compile, i think it might actually be normal for it to take multiple hours to install.

[ljharb]

See https://github.com/nodejs/build/pull/1498 - looks like it's not reliable to be able to use node on 32 bit machines on v10+.

[ashrafulislambd]

It's not an error. 32 bit binaries are not available. So nvm is compiling it from source. Run it again and wait. It works fine. It compiles and you have to restart. Then you have to type.

nvm use 10.0.0 # or the version you use

[MirroringCode]

I know this post is really old, but i hope the author or another user could tell me if this issue was solved, because i have the same problem trying to install newer versions of node in my laptop, it just display that same message and i don't know if i should just leave it downloadiing or what else to do.

If the author is seeing this... did it worked? I mean, it installed node after a while? Thanks in advance.

[johhansantana]

I know this post is really old, but i hope the author or another user could tell me if this issue was solved, because i have the same problem trying to install newer versions of node in my laptop, it just display that same message and i don't know if i should just leave it downloadiing or what else to do.

If the author is seeing this... did it worked? I mean, it installed node after a while? Thanks in advance.

As the comments stated here I believe it worked (can't remember).