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JavaScript npm Basics (retiring) Installing Packages with npm Managing Dependencies in the package.json File

Posted by Busyairi Ramadhan
Busyairi Ramadhan
6,719 Points

app not working, node: symbol lookup error...

my app not working, when i tried node app.js in the console, it says:

node: symbol lookup error: /home/treehouse/workspace/node_modules/bcrypt/lib/binding/na pi-v3/bcrypt_lib.node: undefined symbol: napi_add_finalizer

2 Answers

David Savard
David Savard
17,081 Points
David Savard
David Savard
17,081 Points

I have the same issue. I've contacted the support team and been redirected to the forum and the comunity. Since, this question is still pending, what can I do now?

Thanks

David Savard
David Savard
17,081 Points
David Savard
David Savard
17,081 Points

The answer was in the next lessons of this course. From my understanding the issue is related to the bcrypt 0.8.3 version being incompatible with the newer node version.

So, I ran trough the console the command line : npm update bcrypt *** npm update bcrypt --save could work if you want to keep it saved into the package.json file.

After that simple command the bcrypt is the updated patched 0.8.7 version. Everything worked peachy fine when I ran the node app.js command afterwards!!!