Whatsapp-web.js: error when installing whatsapp-web.js

[fdciabdul]

how to fix it ?

 # npm i whatsapp-web.js
loadDep:puppeteer → resol ▌ ╢█████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░╟
WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=10.18.
> [email protected] install /root/wabot/node_modules/whatsapp-web.js/node_modules/puppeteer
> node install.js

/root/wabot/node_modules/whatsapp-web.js/node_modules/puppeteer/install.js:175
            } catch {
                    ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token {
    at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
    at Module._compile (module.js:616:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:693:10)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:188:16)
    at bootstrap_node.js:609:3
[email protected] /root/wabot
├── [email protected]  extraneous
└── [email protected]  extraneous

npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of bufferutil@^4.0.1 but none was installed.
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of utf-8-validate@^5.0.2 but none was installed.
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of bufferutil@^4.0.1 but none was installed.
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of utf-8-validate@^5.0.2 but none was installed.
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of bufferutil@^4.0.1 but none was installed.
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of utf-8-validate@^5.0.2 but none was installed.
npm WARN [email protected] No repository field.
npm ERR! Linux 4.15.0-96-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "i" "whatsapp-web.js"
npm ERR! node v8.10.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.5.2
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script 'node install.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the puppeteer package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node install.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs puppeteer
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls puppeteer
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /root/wabot/npm-debug.log

[Aliyss]

Try deleting your node_modules folder and the package-lock.json

[fdciabdul]

Try deleting your node_modules folder and the package-lock.json

same

# ls
1.txt  CoronaService  index.js       Quran.js   shrinkwrap.yaml 2.txt  Diagram.png    npm-debug.log  README.md  user.js
root@vultr:~/wabot# npm i whatsapp-web.js                       loadDep:puppeteer → resol ▌ ╢███████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░╟
WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=10.18.1"} (curreloadDep:ws → addNameRange ▌ ╢███████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░╟
WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">= 10.12.0"} (cu
> [email protected] install /root/wabot/node_modules/puppeteer
> node install.js

/root/wabot/node_modules/puppeteer/install.js:175
            } catch {
                    ^                                           
SyntaxError: Unexpected token {                                     at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)                       at Module._compile (module.js:616:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:693:10)                   at startup (bootstrap_node.js:188:16)
    at bootstrap_node.js:609:3                                  /root/wabot
├── @pedroslopez/[email protected]                               ├── [email protected]
└── [email protected]                                                  
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/root/wabot/package.json'
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of bufferutil@^4.0.1 but none was installed.
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of utf-8-validate@^5.0.2 but none was installed.
npm WARN wabot No description
npm WARN wabot No repository field.
npm WARN wabot No README data

[pedroslopez]

What version of nodejs are you using? Check by running node -v

[fdciabdul]

it showing v.8.10.0

[pedroslopez]

it showing v.8.10.0

Puppeteer requires v10.18.1+. Please update your node installation and you should be good to go!

[fdciabdul]

thanks , now is working fine to me

root@vultr:~# nvm install 10.15.3
Downloading and installing node v10.15.3...
Downloading https://nodejs.org/dist/v10.15.3/node-v10.15.3-linux-x64.tar.xz...
################################################################################# 100.0%
Computing checksum with sha256sum
Checksums matched!
Now using node v10.15.3 (npm v6.4.1)
Creating default alias: default -> 10.15.3 (-> v10.15.3)
root@vultr:~# node -v
v10.15.3
root@vultr:~# cd wabot
root@vultr:~/wabot# npm i whatsapp-web.js

> [email protected] install /root/wabot/node_modules/puppeteer
> node install.js

(node:9390) ExperimentalWarning: The fs.promises API is experimental
Downloading Chromium r756035 - 125.2 Mb [=================] 100% 0.0s
Chromium (756035) downloaded to /root/wabot/node_modules/puppeteer/.local-chromium/linux-756035
npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/root/wabot/package.json'
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/root/wabot/package.json'
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of bufferutil@^4.0.1 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of utf-8-validate@^5.0.2 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN wabot No description
npm WARN wabot No repository field.
npm WARN wabot No README data
npm WARN wabot No license field.

+ [email protected]
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