Server has NodeJS 16 active, but node -v returns version 12 from the github action.

[khokonm]

Hi,
I've setup deploy automation for my newly created server. I initially installed node using sudo apt install nodejs, which installed the node version of 12.
Then I installed nvm and switched to node version 16.

Now, whenever I run yarn install or node -v from my SSH terminal. It works fine and return v16.20.2

But yarn install command from the github action returns the following output

out: yarn install v1.22.19
out: [1/4] Resolving packages...
out: [2/4] Fetching packages...
err: error firebase-admin@11.11.0: The engine "node" is incompatible with this module. Expected version ">=14". Got "12.22.9"
out: info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.
err: error Found incompatible module.

For testing purpose, I added the node -v command in the action YML file, I got the following output

out: v12.22.9

[binamralamsal]

I am also facing same issue but my node.js version is coming v16.13.2 although I have v20 active on my VPS

Update: I fixed this issue by doing this:

script: |
  export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
  [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
  [ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion
  # your script here

Basically, it just make sures that v20 is active on your VPS. For some reasons, it doesn't get maintained.

[khokonm]

Thanks a lot, it worked like charm!

[stepanjakl]

Or you could also add the same script to the home/user/.profile, which is read and executed with every log in.

For global configuration (applies to all users), the file is /etc/profile.
For individual user configuration, the file is ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile.

I am also facing same issue but my node.js version is coming v16.13.2 although I have v20 active on my VPS

Update: I fixed this issue by doing this:

script: |
  export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
  [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
  [ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion
  # your script here

Basically, it just make sures that v20 is active on your VPS. For some reasons, it doesn't get maintained.

[rafaewaqarqazi]

Thanks

[appleboy]

See the same solution #21 (comment)