Re: [Gmod-ajax] JBrowse 2 setup: jbrowse command fails

[Colin <col...@gm...>]

Can you check what version of "node" you have? Run

node --version

We recommend you get the latest node.js e.g. v20

There are multiple options for installing nodejs but one option is for
example listed here
https://github.com/nodesource/distributions#installation-instructions

-Colin



On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 4:17 PM Vaneet Lotay <van...@uc...>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I’ve just begun to start setting up and installing JBrowse 2.  I thought I
> had installed it properly but I notice now that my jbrowse command fails
> every time it’s run with Syntax Errors, no matter which sub-command I use.
> Here are some examples:
>
>
>
> jbrowse create jbrowse2
>
>
>
> *SyntaxError: Unexpected token '.'*
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>
>
> jbrowse upgrade
>
>
>
> *SyntaxError: Unexpected token '('*
>
>
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> jbrowse add-assembly genome.fa --load copy --out /var/www/html/jbrowse/
>
>
>
> *SyntaxError: Unexpected token '.'*
>
>
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> For adding the assembly I used the actual URL of my genome fasta file
> after the indexes were created with samtools.  I got around the first
> command failing by manually downloading and placing the newest edition of
> JBrowse2 in my desired directory.  However using the ‘jbrowse’ command is
> obviously fundamental to operating JBrowse2 and adding tracks and genomes,
> so I need that to work.  Not sure if something in the underlying JBrowse2
> code is causing this error.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Vaneet
>
>
>
> *Vaneet Lotay*
>
> *Xenbase Bioinformatician*
>
> *University of Calgary*
>
> *2500 University Drive NW*
>
> *Calgary, AB T2N 1N4*
>
> *CANADA*
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