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When I tried to install node.js v0.10.31 from http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/, I end up installing node.js v0.10.29 instead of v0.10.31.

I removed node via apt-get and redid the procedure, but still ended up with the wrong version.

Any ideas?

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ wget http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/node_latest_armhf.deb

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo dpkg -i node_latest_armhf.deb
Selecting previously unselected package node.
(Reading database ... 68746 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking node (from node_latest_armhf.deb) ...
Setting up node (0.10.29-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ node -v
v0.10.29

Checked the node version inside the REPL as well, its also v0.10.29:

> process.versions
{ http_parser: '1.0',
  node: '0.10.29',
  v8: '3.14.5.9',
  ares: '1.9.0-DEV',
  uv: '0.10.27',
  zlib: '1.2.3',
  modules: '11',
  openssl: '1.0.1h' }
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    Have you tried to uninstall the package before with sudo dpkg --remove node?
    – Morgan Courbet
    Commented Sep 12, 2014 at 13:19
  • @MorganCourbet Just tried your suggestion after installing node v0.10.30, and now I'm back to v0.10.28. Do you think the wrong version of node.js was being hosted as the latest version?
    – Nyxynyx
    Commented Sep 12, 2014 at 13:22
  • I don't think so since if you look inside the .deb package at node_latest_armhf.deb/control.tar.gz/control.tar/./control, you will see Version: 0.10.31-1. But this string is only for the package, not necessarily for the software itself. The version string when you do --version or -v for most of the softs is often contained in the binaries). Try to extract the .deb somewhere just to see if this is actually version 0.10.31. If so, we will try to install the package properly.
    – Morgan Courbet
    Commented Sep 12, 2014 at 13:27
  • @MorganCourbet How should I extract the .deb?
    – Nyxynyx
    Commented Sep 12, 2014 at 13:41
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    I repeated the steps and somehow its now 0.10.31!
    – Nyxynyx
    Commented Sep 13, 2014 at 13:11

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It simply seems the site has pointed "latest" to the wrong version. Any combination of

  • Wait until they discovered and corrected that
  • Use version 0.10.30, available at the site
  • Download the source from http://nodejs.org/download/ and build it yourself

should set you on your way.

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