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replabrobin

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[SOLVED} web-ext errors

I am trying to make a local firefox extension install. I used python web-ext-helper as a start and have obtained api-key and secret.

When I run web-ext-helper sign it wants web-ext. So I did sudo pacman -S web-ext. It wants nodejs-lts-iron and that installed Ok.

web-ext --help fails with a syntax error

 web-ext --help
(node:3524) ExperimentalWarning: The ESM module loader is experimental.
file:///usr/lib/node_modules/web-ext/bin/web-ext.js:13
await webExt.main(absolutePackageDir);
^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected reserved word
    at Loader.moduleStrategy (internal/modules/esm/translators.js:117:18)
    at async link (internal/modules/esm/module_job.js:42:21)

The system is running fine and is up to date.

Anyone know what I need to do to make this node stuff work? I find node & npm are a more hellish version of dependency madness.

nodejs-lts-iron 20.18.0-1
nodejs-nopt 7.2.0-2
node-gyp 10.2.0-1
npm 10.9.0-1
web-ext 8.3.0-1

EDIT: this error was caused by orphaned files in /usr/local/bin node npm npx; after removal and reinstallation of web-ext it started to work.

Last edited by replabrobin (2024-11-29 12:17:16)