Problem running tutorial

[DonaldSch]

I try the following-

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.3/install.sh | bash
 "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" 
npx remake create remake-tutorial    
cd remake-tutorial 
npm run dev     

and get- ─╯

remake-tutorial@1.0.0 dev
cross-env NODE_ENV=development nodemon _remake/server.js --watch ./

[nodemon] 3.0.1
[nodemon] to restart at any time, enter rs
[nodemon] watching path(s): */
[nodemon] watching extensions: js,json,svg,png,gif,jpg,jpeg,ico,mp3,mp4,mpg,mpeg,ogg,otf,ttf,woff,woff2,txt,webp
[nodemon] starting node _remake/server.js

/home/donald/.nvm/versions/node/v22.17.1/bin/node[25264]: void node::fs::InternalModuleStat(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfov8::Value&) at ../src/node_file.cc:1053

Assertion failed: (args.Length()) >= (2)

----- Native stack trace -----

1: 0xf709c7 node::Assert(node::AssertionInfo const&) [/home/donald/.nvm/versions/node/v22.17.1/bin/node]
2: 0xf77377 [/home/donald/.nvm/versions/node/v22.17.1/bin/node]
3: 0x7f0a5fe0f5e2

----- JavaScript stack trace -----

1: /home/donald/code/remake/my-app/remake-tutorial/node_modules/esm/esm.js:1:34535
2: /home/donald/code/remake/my-app/remake-tutorial/node_modules/esm/esm.js:1:34176
3: /home/donald/code/remake/my-app/remake-tutorial/node_modules/esm/esm.js:1:34506
4: /home/donald/code/remake/my-app/remake-tutorial/node_modules/esm/esm.js:1:173374
5: /home/donald/code/remake/my-app/remake-tutorial/node_modules/esm/esm.js:1:173420
6: /home/donald/code/remake/my-app/remake-tutorial/node_modules/esm/esm.js:1:173521
7: /home/donald/code/remake/my-app/remake-tutorial/node_modules/esm/esm.js:1:258942
8: /home/donald/code/remake/my-app/remake-tutorial/node_modules/esm/esm.js:1:261569
9: e (/home/donald/code/remake/my-app/remake-tutorial/node_modules/esm/esm.js:1:262673)
10: get (/home/donald/code/remake/my-app/remake-tutorial/node_modules/esm/esm.js:1:262740)

[nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...

Any help appreciated

[panphora]

This error is occurring because the esm module (which provides ES modules support for older Node versions) is incompatible with Node.js v22. The esm package hasn't been updated in years and doesn't support newer Node.js versions.

Here are a few solutions:

Solution 1: Use an older Node version (Recommended)

Since you already have nvm installed, switch to Node 16 or 18:

nvm install 16
nvm use 16
# or
nvm install 18
nvm use 18

# Then run your app again
npm run dev

Solution 2: Check if Remake has been updated

The project might have an updated version that doesn't rely on the esm package:

# Check for updates
npm outdated

# Or try installing the latest version
npm install remake@latest

Solution 3: Modify the project to not use esm

If you want to stick with Node 22, you'd need to remove the dependency on esm. Look in _remake/server.js and see if it's using:

require = require("esm")(module);

You'd need to convert the project to use native ES modules or CommonJS without the esm wrapper, but this might require significant changes to the codebase.

!!! The easiest solution is to use Node 16 or 18 with nvm, as the esm package was designed for Node versions before native ES module support was fully implemented.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​