doesn't run on Ubuntu 16.04LTS without manual upgrade of node

[aewallin]

The version of node that comes with the default packages for Ubuntu 16.04LTS is too old to run kicad_bom_wizard and it errors out with a strange "const" error message (as discussed on the kicad forum).

Instead it would be better if during the npm install process the old version of node would be detected and an appropriate error message be printed out to the user.

[HashDefineElectronics]

Ah. I see. I agree the error message isn't great. OK i think I should be able to do that.

That said, I wonder if it worth updating it so that it can run on the older version but still output a message asking for it to upgrade. I'll need check which node version came with Ubuntu 16.04LTS.

Thank you

• Ron

[bhaveshgohel]

Hi @aewallin You can Install Nodejs without upgrading Ubuntu with following script - https://github.com/taaem/nodejs-linux-installer

Thanks.