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Warning
titleImportant!
  1. Node.js 12 or 14 is required for Profound.js 5.
  2. Node.js 14 or 16 is required for Profound.js 6.
  3. IBM i 7.2 or higher is required for Node.js 12 and later.
  4. The yum opensource package manager is required for installing Node.js on IBM i.

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Multiple versions of Node.js can co-exist on the same IBM i system. For instructions on selecting the system default version when multiple Node.js versions are installed, see here.


IMPORTANT - Profound.js is tested with versions of Node Package Manger (NPM) that install from the IBM yum repos. The Node.js packages include a copy of NPM that gets updated when the Node.js yum package is updated. Do not manually update or change the NPM version on the system, as this can result in installation problems.

For example, if NPM shows a message like below, DO NOT follow the steps given to update NPM:


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titleDowngrade NPM

If you accidentally updated to NPM 7 or later, you can downgrade it with: npm install -g npm@6.14.12