Node.js 16 on replit

Node.js 16 on replit

Steps:

1. Execute this script on the shell to install node (you can choose the version by editing the number 16) and configure npm.

npm init -y && npm i --save-dev node@16 && npm config set prefix=$(pwd)/node_modules/node && export PATH=$(pwd)/node_modules/node/bin:$PATH

2. Create the .replit to execute node from the shell instead of the console.

run="npm start"

3. Make sure to add the start script in your package.json file

  "scripts": {
    "start": "node ."
  }

4. (Optional) If you had packages like canvas or sqlite before, you need to re-install those packages

npm uninstall canvas && npm i canvas