Tldr: SyntaxError: Block-scoped declarations (let, const, function, class) not yet supported outside strict mode

[donglixp]

○ → tldr zip
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/tldr/bin/tldr:74
let cfg = config.get();
^^^

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:374:25)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:417:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:344:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:301:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:442:10)
    at startup (node.js:136:18)
    at node.js:966:3

[sbrl]

Hey there, @donglixp! It looks like you're using the Node.js client.

This is the repository for the pages themselves - you probably want to open this issue in the tldr-node-client repository instead.

By the looks of things, you are using an old version of Node.js. I suggest updating and then trying again.

[sarnobat]

How can I upgrade tldr? I installed it via npm on Ubuntu 16

[zlatanvasovic]

@sarnobat I used this to upgrade node.js on Ubuntu 16.04: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm. It may help you. tldr is fine, you don't need to upgrade it, but npm / node instead.

[sarnobat]

Thanks for the suggestion, it looks a bit challenging but we can close this ticket (my Mac still works and that's where I use tldr more).

EDIT: Oh wait, I didn't file this ticket!

[agnivade]

Hi @donglixp, this issue was filed quite a long time back, and since there hasn't been any response from you, I will go ahead and close this. If you are still having problems, please file an issue in the https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr-node-client/ repo. Thanks !

[sbrl]

Hrm yeah, the version of Node.js in the Ubuntu repo is really old. I've been maintaining a script that I found somewhere, and I use this to update.

I keep meaning to turn it into a proper package with fpm, but I haven't got around to it yet :P