Node application doesn't start with "zeromq.node: undefined symbol: sodium_init" message

Problem

Node application not starts with the following message:

node: symbol lookup error: /home/user/nodeapp/node_modules/zeromq/build/Release/zeromq.node: undefined symbol: sodium_init

Application uses ZeroMQ.js having the following in package.json:

  "dependencies": {
    "zeromq": "^6.0.0-beta.16"
  }

Starting application failed with above message. I'm running:

Workaround

Application starts and run normally if I remove zeromq module and install it with the following command:

npm install zeromq@6.0.0-beta.16 --zmq-shared

But the next time when I run npm install the problem returns.

Question

Is it possible to not manually install ZeroMQ.js Version 6.0.0 in my environment to avoid application failure with undefined symbol message?

Unfortunately I can't upgrade Ubuntu and Node now due to system requirements.

Solution

Hopefully should be merged and released soon. So upstep your zeromq npm-package after that.