Lesson 5: Stuck at Node.js tools Installation.

[eiyen]

Problem Description

While Installing Node.js tools on Powershell, a warning came up saying: An existing Chocolatey installation was detected, installation will not continue.

After I hit Enter twice, it will exit the installation.

And when I input node --version at VS Code terminal, it can't understand node.

Possible Reason

Perhaps the reason for this warning is that I have tried to install Node.js tools several times.

What I've Tried

I tried to reboot my computer and installed the tools again, but the same problem still occured.

Any idea for this problem is appriciated!

[alymurtazamemon]

@eiyen Better to search this on Stack Overflow or just type the error on google and you will find the solutions.

[eiyen]

Follow your advice, I found the solution immediately after searching the error on google... It's really effective to search on google first.

Thanks for your answer!

[krakxn]

Did you try installing a LTS version of node directly from here, also, if possible just run these commands from VSCode and not via Powershell and Chocolatey directly as it is more convenient.

If this doesn't help, you can uninstall Chocolatey from your PC and then do a clean install. This should fix it if the above does not. Cheers.

[eiyen]

You're right, it worked after uninstall Chocolatey from C:\ProgramData\chocolatey. Thanks for your reply!

[DorianDaSilva]

1. Try running node -v to see if it is already installed
2. Try following these steps to remove install
   https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/choco/commands/uninstall
3. Try switching from powershell to ubuntu bash for the purpose of the course ( It will be easier to follow)
4. Install node.js
   (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49919063/installing-npm-node-on-bash-on-ubuntu-on-windows-wsl-what-architecture-does-u)
5. install yarn
   (https://classic.yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install/#windows-stable)

[eiyen]

That's a really thoughtful answer! It solved my problem after remove choco like your step 2 says.

Thank you for trying so hard!