Re: node.js xmlservice issue

[Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Brian,
>
> I am getting the same error.  I have installed Node v4 and will IPL** later
> tonight.
>
> ** Quite the inconvenience to IPL for PTFs that are fairly simple in nature
> (though I could be completely ignorant here).  There's got to be a better
> way.
>
> Best practice suggestion for others adopting open source langs on IBM i.
> Use tar to save the lang directory and untar to a different one and operate
> off that new directory.
>
> --- These steps ~should~ be accurate :-) ---
> $ node -v
> 0.12.9
> $ cd /QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData
> $ tar -cvf /QOpenSys/node/node-0.12.9.tar Node/
> $ cd /QOpenSys/node
> $ tar -xvf /QOpenSys/node/node-0.12.9.tar
>
> Then have a shell script to easily switch between versions.
>
> ----node_ver.sh----
> export
>
> PATH=/opt/freeware/bin:/QOpenSys/node/$1/Node/bin:/QOpenSys/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/QOpenSys/usr/bin/X11:/usr/sbin:.:/usr/bin
> export LIBPATH=/QOpenSys/node/$1/Node/bin
>
>
> And invoke it like this:
>
> $ . node_ver.sh node-0.12.9
>
>
> Aaron Bartell
> litmis.com - Services for open source on IBM i
Good idea, Aaron.. but I think you need to do:

mkdir /QOpenSys/node

before the first tar.  I'm just looking through what you're doing here and
it makes sense.. but my PATH variable looks nothing like what you have
there.  :)  We shall see.  I'll probably mess things up.

Brad
www.bvstools.com