broken pipe when installing NodeJS 16 on Ubuntu 22.04

Question

Trying to install NodeJS 16 on ubuntu 22.04.

Ran the official installation instructions:

sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Got the following error:

The following NEW packages will be installed:
  nodejs
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/27.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 128 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package nodejs.
(Reading database ... 218989 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../nodejs_16.17.0-deb-1nodesource1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nodejs (16.17.0-deb-1nodesource1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/nodejs_16.17.0-deb-1nodesource1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/include/node/common.gypi', which is also in package libnode-dev 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/nodejs_16.17.0-deb-1nodesource1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The error message indicates a packaging error, probably then suggesting that you are in fact installing some third-party hack, not the real `nodejs` package from the official sources. Voting to close as lacking basic debugging details. — tripleee, Sep 13 '22 at 06:48
Does this answer your question? [trying to overwrite \`/var/backups/infodir.bak', which is also in package x](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15546064/trying-to-overwrite-var-backups-infodir-bak-which-is-also-in-package-x) — karel, Sep 13 '22 at 07:12

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 13 '22 at 06:48

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Various versions of Node.js are using a same file (one from apt install, one from manually download), which caused the conflict, resulting the error.

Remove your Node.js 12.22.9 first.

answered Sep 13 '22 at 06:48

Geno Chen

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i do sudo apt remove nodejs aftar than install nodejs but don't work for me – Omid Pirdehi Sep 13 '22 at 06:55
@OmidPirdehi What you need may be `libnode-dev` and its dependents. – Geno Chen Sep 13 '22 at 06:59
I have the same issue without that libnode-dev on my box. This is a weird one. – musterjunk Oct 25 '22 at 15:59
I had to remove ember as well to make it work for some reason. – musterjunk Oct 25 '22 at 16:08
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I had to `sudo apt remove libnode-dev` and then `sudo apt autoremove` before the install worked. – Cameron Hyde Dec 22 '22 at 04:06

broken pipe when installing NodeJS 16 on Ubuntu 22.04

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