Signal K node server instructions for Windows

[rgleason]

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Installation ofSignal K node server for Windows


See this Supplementary Software Page please:

https://opencpn.org/wiki/dokuwiki/do...alk:sk-windows




Also we are trying to transfer further discussion on this topic from here
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ml#post3021692


TO THIS THREAD!!

[conachair]

So has anyone actually got signalk to install on a win10 machine using NPM?

I don't really know enough about node to know how to fix the errors I'm getting >>

https://www.dropbox.com/s/a6ywdodwo4...debug.log?dl=0

Looks like maybe the postinstall script isn't happy>>

20091 verbose node v13.2.0
20092 verbose npm v6.13.1
20093 error code ELIFECYCLE
20094 error errno 1
20095 error signalk-server@1.18.0 postinstall: `([ ! -d 'lib' ] && tsc) || true`
20095 error Exit status 1
20096 error Failed at the signalk-server@1.18.0 postinstall script.
20096 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
20097 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

[Canne]

Maybe https://opencpn.org/wiki/dokuwiki/do...lk:a3#caveat_2
?

[conachair]

Originally Posted by Canne

Maybe https://opencpn.org/wiki/dokuwiki/do...lk:a3#caveat_2
?

search came up with no .signalk folder on the drive.

[teppokurki]

Thanks for your efforts.

I believe the last one was actually a success, the postinstall throws an error that doesn't matter.

But I would really really appreciate if people would report problems they encounter so that they come to the attention of the authors. I read CF sporadically, whereas Github issues related to the SK Node server end up in my mailbox.

So could we move the how-to-install-sk-server-on-windows discussion to https://github.com/SignalK/signalk-s...ode/issues/899 ?

A small detail: .signalk directory is created by the setup script or on first start, not by the installation process.

And while it makes perfect sense to document OpenCpn - Signal K interoperation stuff in OpenCpn wiki generic installations instructions should be part of SK server documentation, where all Windows users could find it.

[Canne]

Originally Posted by conachair

search came up with no .signalk folder on the drive.

Seeing the comment above from teppokurki, out of curiosity, have you tried actually to launch the signalk-server? It looks like the .signalk directory will be create at the launch. My remark was if one already has such a folder.

BTW, I can see from the thread Rick linked here that you have been using versions of node.js like 13, 10 etc. In this domain of signalk-server, and with other npm services like TiddlyWiki (for authoring) I am using always the long term support version, which seems to be currently 12.13.1 LTS. Unless you have some development work going on, I would suggest you to remove and manually clean all the traces of the other installations, then start again, from a clean table using a node.js LTS version.

Please report here your findings, they will be very much appreciated for the documentation. And, as teppokurki said, he and other developers of this great software which signalk-server without doubt is, would also appreciate to be kept informed here: https://github.com/SignalK/signalk-server-node/issues