Installing Zowe CLI with Node.js 16 on Windows
Installing Zowe CLI with Node.js 16 on Windows
There are several preferred installation workarounds when you encounter the following scenarios:
- Using Node.js version 16 with npm version 8 on Windows, want to install from the TGZ, and have restricted Internet access
- Unable to install Zowe CLI while offline using the TGZ bundle
The workaround installation options are, in order of preference:
- Configure NPM proxy to access the public NPM registry (npmjs.org) so that the install from TGZ can succeed. To configure an NPM proxy:
- If your proxy is HTTP:
npm config set proxy <proxyUrl>
- If your proxy is HTTPS:
npm config set https-proxy <proxyUrl>
- If your proxy is HTTP:
- Install CLI from an online registry instead of TGZ. This may also require configuring an NPM proxy. See Installing Zowe CLI from an online registry.
- Downgrade NPM to version 6. To downgrade from a newer version of NPM, issue the command:
npm install -g npm@6.x
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Additional ConsiderationsThere are issues with Node 16 and bundled optional dependencies in offline node installs. Because of the issues, the optional cpu-features
package was removed from the offline .tgz file that is available from zowe.org and Broadcom. The installation process attempts to reach a configured registry and to use any NPM proxy configured on the system. If the attempt fails, the installation process completes normally.
cpu-features
changes the SSH cipher order that is used on the zowe uss issue ssh
commands, favoring chacha20-poly1305
cipher in cases where CPUs do not have built in AES instructions. This should not affect performance.