npm i ssb-validate2-rsjs-node fails

[frankiebee]

npm i ssb-validate2-rsjs-node is failing to install

npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c -- node install.js
npm ERR! node:internal/errors:484
npm ERR!     ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err);
npm ERR!     ^
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Error: spawn nj-cli ENOENT
npm ERR!     at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:285:19)
npm ERR!     at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:483:16)
npm ERR!     at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
npm ERR!   errno: -2,
npm ERR!   code: 'ENOENT',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'spawn nj-cli',
npm ERR!   path: 'nj-cli',
npm ERR!   spawnargs: [ 'build', '--release' ]
npm ERR! }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Node.js v19.0.0

[frankiebee]

is it possibly my node version?

[frankiebee]

or am i missing somthing?

[staltz]

You need node-bindgen (a Rust tool) or then use an older version of Node.js

[interfect]

I also have this problem on Node 21 (stable from NVM), trying to install Patchfox. Looks like the same issue as ssbc/ssb-db2#391

@soapdog should Patchfox list a particular Node version, or node-bindgen, as a dependency in the docs?

[Powersource]

I think the general advice is that this module should be considered deprecated. Generally to get around it I update different deps until this error goes away (because the deps stop depending on this at some point).