Etherpad Lite, run on Linux

Question

I installed Xubuntu few days ago. Now I tried to run etherpad-lite on a local server (127.0.0.1:9001). After following the steps described in [github]: (https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite).

I got the following message after running it in a shell:

    xyz@local: ~etherpad-lite$ bin/run.sh:
Ensure that all dependencies are up to date...  If this is the first time you have run Etherpad please be patient.
npm WARN package.json async-stacktrace@0.0.2 No repository field.
npm WARN package.json channels@0.0.4 No repository field.
npm WARN package.json ejs@0.6.1 No repository field.
npm WARN package.json formidable@1.0.9 No repository field.
npm WARN package.json jsdom-nocontextifiy@0.2.10 'repositories' (plural) Not supported.
npm WARN package.json Please pick one as the 'repository' field
npm WARN package.json tinycon@0.0.1 No repository field.
Ensure jQuery is downloaded and up to date...
Clear minfified cache...
ensure custom css/js files are created...
start...
xyz@local: ~etherpad-lite$ .... 

The browser said: Unable to connect Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at 127.0.0.1:9001. After going through google, I found different approaches to that problem. I am not sure if my jQuery is working? The download of it failed, the shell told me that a lib is already installed. Well, I didn't manage to remove etherpad, (new to Linux), instead I tried the following:

Copy the file: /src/static/css/pad.css to /node_modules/ep_oae/static/css/pad.css
configure the file settings.json.template:
Change: "socketTransportProtocols" : …  to "socketTransportProtocols" : ["websocket", "xhr-polling", "jsonp-polling", "htmlfile"], 
and "defaultPadText": …. to "defaultPadText": " "

Finally delete the following part of code in the bin/run.sh file: 
#Stop the script if its started as root
if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ] && [ $ignoreRoot -eq 0 ]; then
   echo "You shouldn't start Etherpad-Lite as root!"
   echo "Please type 'Etherpad Lite rocks my socks' or supply the
'--root' argument if you still want to start it as root"
   read rocks
   if [ ! $rocks = "Etherpad Lite rocks my socks" ]
   then
     echo "Your input was incorrect"
exit 1 fi

fi 

Start etherpad-lite with the command: bin/run.sh

This didn't work out as well! -.-

Now I am not sure how to handle it, I really need to use etherpad urgently for a project, so I would be very thankful for any solution.

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

There is a naming conflict with the node package (Amateur Packet Radio Node Program), and the nodejs binary has been renamed from node to nodejs. You'll need to symlink /usr/bin/node to /usr/bin/nodejs or you could uninstall the Amateur Packet Radio Node Program to avoid that conflict.

solution: delete the node package:

apt-get remove node

then:

cd /usr/bin

ln -s nodejs node

then just run: in the etherpad-lite directory

bin/run.sh

and it works ... =)

Answer 2

cd to your etherpad folder, type

cd src && npm install

Then type

cd .. && bin/run.sh

If that fails type

rm -Rf src/node_modules

Then

bin/run.sh