[Help needed]: fails to install with errors

[mrmaximas]

Your Current NRCHKB Plugin Version

1.7.1

Operating System

Mac OS 15.1

How can we help?

Subj.
How to fix it without downgrade node?

Any code or functions to add?

2024-11-17T15:00:55.126Z Install : node-red-contrib-homekit-bridged 1.7.1

2024-11-17T15:00:55.206Z npm install --no-audit --no-update-notifier --no-fund --save --save-prefix=~ --omit=dev --engine-strict node-red-contrib-homekit-bridged@1.7.1
2024-11-17T15:00:55.861Z [err] npm error code EBADENGINE
2024-11-17T15:00:55.861Z [err] npm error engine Unsupported engine
2024-11-17T15:00:55.861Z [err] npm error engine Not compatible with your version of node/npm: hap-nodejs@0.12.3-beta.18
2024-11-17T15:00:55.861Z [err] npm error notsup Not compatible with your version of node/npm: hap-nodejs@0.12.3-beta.18
2024-11-17T15:00:55.861Z [err] npm error notsup Required: {"node":"^18 || ^20"}
2024-11-17T15:00:55.861Z [err] npm error notsup Actual:   {"npm":"10.9.0","node":"v22.11.0"}
2024-11-17T15:00:55.862Z [err] npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/max/.npm/_logs/2024-11-17T15_00_55_334Z-debug-0.log
2024-11-17T15:00:55.865Z rc=1

[Shaquu]

Seems like a bug. @GogoVega can you please have a look?

[GogoVega]

Not a bug, hap-nodejs@0.12.3-beta.18 requires node v18 or v20.

If we upgrade to hap-nodejs@0.12.3, node v22 is supported.

[mrmaximas]

@GogoVega how to update hap-nodejs ??

[GogoVega]

It's not you who has to update but us (NRCHKB).

You can as workaround install manually with:

npm i node-red-contrib-homekit-bridged@latest --omit=dev --ignore-engines

[mrmaximas]

It's not you who has to update but us (NRCHKB).

You can as workaround install manually with:

npm i node-red-contrib-homekit-bridged@latest --omit=dev --ignore-engines

thanks.
I ran this command, and a folder appeared in my home directory named node_modules, I restarted node-red but NRCHKB did not appear in the palette. I think I'm running the command in the wrong place?

P.S. fixed. running command from node-red root dir aka /Users/m/.node-red in my case