Error when installation rocket.chat on Ubuntu Server 24

[reetp]

@stevewp

Before I attempt to back grade and break a lot of thing on this system

You will - downgrades are not supported due to upgrades within the Mongo DB structure with version changes. Restore from backup to the same version that was used for the backup is the only reasonably guaranteed option.

Some people do roll back - YMMV.

@stevewp

I am logged in as stevep. There were no errors or files it could not change ownership.

This command failed again due to permissions: npm install --unsafe-perm --production
(same error).

The other thing to check on ubuntu is apparmor. I think they are a lot stricter on 24.x than 22.x

Beyond that I don’t know.

@stevewp

I appreciate your reply but I think I have learned that this package has dependencies on old packages. Is that correct?

You should do a lot more reading to understand this. There are plenty of topics on it eg

NodeJS 14 End of Life

The word of god Thanks Mr Casals.

@stevewp

Also, is there an alternate method of installing other than npm?

I did say:

@reetp

And if you aren’t trying to develop code you will likely find life much easier using snaps or docker.

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@stevewp

I was able to install successfully using docker in a test environment.

Precisely.