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parse-server fails to start

I have followed the commands below (https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server) to install parse server locally.

$ npm install -g parse-server mongodb-runner
$ mongodb-runner start
$ parse-server --appId myserver --masterKey myserver --databaseURI mongodb://localhost/test

the server files are downloaded and stored at ~/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/parse-server. when i try to run the 3rd command parse-server --appId myserver --masterKey myserver --databaseURI mongodb://localhost/test on the terminal, I get the error below

parse-server: command not found

When i try to run npm start on the terminal from the same folder, I get the error below

parse-server@2.7.4 start /home/user/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/parse-server
> node ./bin/parse-server

/home/user/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/parse-server/lib/ParseServer.js:124
    const {
          ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token {
    at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:374:25)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:417:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:344:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:301:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/user/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/parse-server/lib/index.js:8:21)
    at Module._compile (module.js:410:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:417:10)

npm ERR! Linux 4.4.0-112-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v4.2.6
npm ERR! npm  v4.0.5
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! parse-server@2.7.4 start: `node ./bin/parse-server`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the parse-server@2.7.4 start script 'node ./bin/parse-server'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the parse-server package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node ./bin/parse-server
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs parse-server
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls parse-server
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

how can i run it? Another thing, I had already installed mongodb and was using it before trying to install parse-server on my laptop. did 

npm install -g parse-server mongodb-runner
mongodb-runner start

install another mongo db on my laptop?

Solution

  • I was able to solve the problem by updating my nodejs version from 4.2.6 to 8.11.1 using the commands below

    curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

    After that, I added parse-server path to /etc/enviroment file

    sudo gedit /etc/enviroment

    appended this line :~/.npm-global/bin then I run source /etc/enviroment command and was able to start parse-server from the terminal

    parse-server --appId myserver --masterKey myserver --databaseURI mongodb://localhost/test