Problem when running "node init.js"

[mon0theist]

I get the following error output when running "node init.js" as shown in the directions:

module.js:549
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'chalk'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:547:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:474:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/abdulhakeem/FalconStats/init.js:1:83)
    at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)

[mon0theist]

Nevermind, turns out I needed to install package node-chalk

[HermannBjorgvin]

@Heholord can you add this to the package json and make sure we have the correct dependencies?

[Heholord]

@AbuFiraas @HermannBjorgvin it works with the described dependencies in package.json, did you run npm install first?

[mon0theist]

@Heholord Yes I double checked that I've followed the instructions exactly, however now I'm getting a different issue when trying to run node init.js:

module.js:549
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'clear'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:547:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:474:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/abdulhakeem/FalconStats/init.js:2:21)
    at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)

[mon0theist]

I think the problem is with the npm install

If, while in the FalconStats dir, I run npm install -g, it fails with a bunch of errors:

npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/falconstats
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules
/usr/local/lib
└── [email protected] 

npm ERR! Linux 4.15.0-23-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g"
npm ERR! node v8.10.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.5.2
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/falconstats
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall access

npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/falconstats'
npm ERR!  { Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/falconstats'
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'access',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/falconstats' }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/abdulhakeem/FalconStats/npm-debug.log

However if I run as sudo npm install -g, then it seems to work, however when trying to run node init.js it can't seem to find any modules.

I'm able to manually install the modules with sudo npm install --save [module name] (while still in FalconStats dir) but it seems like a hack and not best practice

So idk if it's just me but something about the npm module installation doesn't seem to be working quite right

[mon0theist]

I've now completed the initial setup script, but nothing happens when I actually login to my server, no FalconStats MOTD appears. I think the problem is with the symlink. It again doesn't work unless I run it as sudo, but I don't know exactly what it's linking to, I don't know where the falcon-motd folder is or where it's supposed to be, but it's not in the FalconStats cloned directory